Brian, the code on your page does not match what you posted below. The code
below looks like it should work, but the code on your page definitely won't.
Check which element has the id="data" attribute.
Also, regarding this bit of code (repeated twice):
> 86 marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> 87 whenReady( 'data', function( marker) {
> 88 marker.focus();
> 89 });
I would suggest not using the variable name 'marker' in the whenReady() and
its callback, simply because that variable will not contain your marker, it
will be the element whose id is 'data'. In fact, in the code on your page
you call this variable 'data', which is better.
Elsewhere on your page you have this code:
marker.openInfoWindowHtml(delform);
whenReady( 'delform.submit', function( element ) {
element.focus();
});
That won't work at all. whenReady() takes an element ID as its first
parameter. I don't know what 'delform.submit' is supposed to be, but it
doesn't seem to be the ID of any element. These are not CSS selectors, just
straight ID attributes.
Finally, a suggestion regarding code like this:
> 84 GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
> 85 lastmarker = marker;
> 86 marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> 87 whenReady( 'data', function( marker) {
> 88 marker.focus();
> 89 });
> 90 });
> 91 noMore = true;
> 92 map.addOverlay(marker);
> 93 marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> 94 whenReady( 'data', function( marker) {
> 95 marker.focus();
> 96 });
Could you indent your code in the conventional manner? It would make it much
easier to follow. See the whenReady() function for an example of how to
indent JavaScript code.
-Mike
> From: Brian Schott
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks very much for your reply.
>
> I want to wait until the infoWindow with the input fields
> exists and then I want the user to already have the only text
> input field to be in focus ready for him/her to type.
>
> I made the change you suggested on line 65 and tried running
> again, but with no change in focus. Do markers even have focus()?
>
> http://schott.selfip.net/~brian/mapswdelete/rideshare.html
>
> 63 var iwform = 'Enter your name:<br>'
> 64 + '<form onsubmit="process(this); return false" action="#">'
> 65 + ' <input type="text" name="data" id="data" size="31"
> maxlength="31"/> '
> 66 + ' <input type="submit" value="Submit" />'
> 67 + '<\/form>';
> 68
> 69 function whenReady( id, callback ) {
> 70 var interval = setInterval( function() {
> 71 var element = document.getElementById( id );
> 72 if( element ) {
> 73 clearInterval( interval );
> 74 callback( element );
> 75 }
> 76 }, 10 );
> 77 }
>
>
> 84 GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
> 85 lastmarker = marker;
> 86 marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> 87 whenReady( 'data', function( marker) {
> 88 marker.focus();
> 89 });
> 90 });
> 91 noMore = true;
> 92 map.addOverlay(marker);
> 93 marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> 94 whenReady( 'data', function( marker) {
> 95 marker.focus();
> 96 });
>
> Thanks for taking a look.
>
> Brian in Atlanta
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Michael Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > I assume you are trying to wait until the input element in
> your form
> > exists, so you can set the focus to it?
> >
> > The whenReady() code uses document.getElementById(), but your input
> > element has no id attribute. It does have:
> >
> > name="data"
> >
> > But getElementById() requres an id attribute. You can add:
> >
> > id="data"
> >
> > to the input element (in addition to the name="data" and everything
> > else that's there now) to fix that.
> >
> >> I have tried 'data' for 'fromAddress' and both 'iwform'
> and 'marker'
> >> for 'element', but without success.
> >
> > There's no reason why you would need to change the word
> "element" in
> > that code. It's just a variable name with no significance to it.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > // == creates a draggable marker with an input form == function
> > createInputMarker(point,ID) { if(!noMore){ var marker = new
> > GMarker(point,{draggable:true, icon:G_START_ICON});
> marker.ID = ID +
> > 0; GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() { lastmarker =
> > marker; marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> > whenReady( 'data', function( marker) { marker.focus(); });
> }); noMore
> > = true; map.addOverlay(marker); marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> > whenReady( 'data', function( marker) { marker.focus(); });
> > lastmarker=marker; return marker; } }
> >
> >> From: thebrianschott
> >>
> >> I found a fine answer to my question in a Michael Geary
> post but the
> >> link to which his post refers (in an earlier post in the
> thread) no
> >> longer exists and I have not figured out the detailed references
> >> required (fromAddress, element, and maybe others). Michael's post
> >> says the following.
> >>
> >>
> >> *****************************************
> >> Add this function to your code:
> >>
> >> function whenReady( id, callback ) {
> >> var interval = setInterval( function() {
> >> var element = document.getElementById( id );
> >> if( element ) {
> >> clearInterval( interval );
> >> callback( element );
> >> }
> >> }, 10 );
> >> }
> >>
> >> Then, in your resetPvaMarkerInfo() function, immediately after you
> >> call openInfoWindowHtml(), add this code:
> >>
> >> whenReady( 'fromAddress', function( element ) {
> >> element.focus();
> >> });
> >>
> >> The whenReady() function takes an element ID and
> repeatedly checks to
> >> see if that element exists. When the element becomes available, it
> >> calls the callback function with that element as an argument.
> >> *****************************************
> >>
> >> Look for the following code in my link twice near line 86.
> >> I have tried 'data' for 'fromAddress' and both 'iwform'
> and 'marker'
> >> for 'element', but without success.
> >>
> >> marker.openInfoWindowHtml(iwform);
> >>
> >> http://schott.selfip.net/~brian/mapswdelete/rideshare.html
> >>
> >> Help, please.
> >>
> >> Brian in Atlanta
> >> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> (B=) <-----my sig
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>
> >
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