If you -could- use Javascript, it looks something like this:
document.formName.textfieldName.focus()
Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
www.walkereffects.com
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On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 12:55 PM, Markas wrote:
> Hi, PHP will do NOTHING with cursor position in your page, because it's
> running on server. Perhaps what you've read is generating some
> Javascript
> (which actually places the cursor) with PHP...
>
> Hmmm, if you are not running Javascript, maybe an attribute TABINDEX,
> which
> almost every html tag has, would help, but sorry if i'm mistaken, didnt
> check that...
>
>
> Ralph Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].;
>> I am not running Javascript, just PHP/HTML...
>> THe particular script I am having problems with has several decision
> points
>> and includes which I think is confusing the placement of the cursor
>>
>>
>> "Gaylen Fraley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].;
>>> This is not a php question. It is a JavaScript issue. You need to add
>> this
>>> code to the bottom of your page:
>>>
>>> <script>
>>> document.forms[0].text_box_name.focus();
>>> </script>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gaylen
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>>> "Ralph Jarvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].;
>>>> This is really a newbie question, but here goes.....
>>>>
>>>> I am running PHP4 with Apache on Redhat 6.2.
>>>>
>>>> I am sure I read this somewheres, but can't find it again. When I
>>>> open
> a
>>>> webpage in a small password application that I wrote, the cursor is
> not
>> on
>>>> the first text box I need to fill in, I need to click on the text box
> to
>>>> begin typing. How do I get the cursor to "focus" on this text box?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Ralph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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