[thelist] Selecting text in a form text box (automatically)

[Matthew Fischer]

document.forms.formname.fieldname.focus();

then

document.forms.formname.fieldname.select();


On 9/29/00 at 10:58 PM, mpgalvin at eircom.net (Michael Galvin) wrote:

> I have a form, which is asking for a username and password.  If the user
> messes up his username the first time, and wants to go back to the username
> box before entering a password or pressing 'submit', I want the user to just
> type away again, effectively overwriting what was there.  The easiest way to
> do this would be to select the contents of the text box when entering it.
> 
> I can do it in VB, but there must be a way of doing it in JS?
> 
> Michael
> 
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