Which browser and version of the browser? I am under the impression that the focus() call doesn't work on all browsers.
On 11/7/11 9:33 AM, "tidybox" <tidy...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response and I have tried both your suggestions > but still not working! > I'm not the best at coding and my original code doesn't seem to > reflect your suggestions so maybe I'm altering it incorrectly (I used > the air swfObject2 generator)! > Here is my HTML code before adding any of your stuff and maybe you can > point me in the right direction as to where to place the new code. > > Much appreciated > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http:// > www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en"> > <head> > <title>Portfolio</title> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=ISO-8859-1" /> > <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > var flashvars = {}; > var params = {}; > params.menu = "false"; > params.quality = "best"; > params.salign = "tl"; > params.bgcolor = "#F7ECDA"; > var attributes = {}; > attributes.id = "swfContent"; > swfobject.embedSWF("VendMach.swf", "flashDiv", "1152", "864", > "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes); > </script> > <style type="text/css" media="screen"> > object { outline:none; } > <!-- > body { > background-color: #F7ECDA; > margin-left: 0px; > margin-top: 0px; > margin-right: 0px; > margin-bottom: 0px; > } > --> > </style> > <meta name="Keywords" content="Graphic Designer, Graphic Design, > Photoshop, illustrator, animation, print work, design, inDesign, > freelance" /> > <meta name="Description" content="MyPortfolio, freelance graphic > designer" /> > </head> > <body> > <div id="flashDiv"> > <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";> > <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/ > get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /> > </a> > </div> > </body> > </html> > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > On Nov 7, 4:20 pm, Aran Rhee <aran.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Have a read of my reply to this question in this thread: >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject/msg/b0dc02d06db7aa43?hl=en_US >> >> That in my opinion is the correct way to do it (as you can ensure the focus >> (and defocus) calls work as intended) >> >> A simpler way which works in *most* browsers is to call a function on page >> load. Set the name and id in your attributes object for your embedSWF() >> call, and then call the focus method once all the page content had loaded. >> >> <head> >> <script type="text/javascript"> >> function setFocus() >> { >> document.getElementById('myflashid').focus();} >> >> </script> >> ... >> </head> >> >> <body onLoad="setFocus();"> >> >> Aran >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:09 AM, tidybox <tidy...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> I have an HTML page with only a single flash object on it which is >>> embedded using the 2.1 swfObject "Dynamic" generator and I want to be >>> able to use the keyboard straight away without the user first having >>> to click on the flash movie first! Can anyone advise me what code I >>> should use and where should it be placed in the generated HTML?? >> >>> Thanks >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "SWFObject" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to swfobject@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> swfobject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to swfobject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to swfobject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
