document.forms[0].elements[0].focus(); would be the most generic and painless. It focuses on the first form's first element, regardless of name or type. sgd -- work: http://www.ti3.com/ non: http://thinksafely.org/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel J. Cody [mailto:djc at five2one.org] > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" > onload="document.forms.myForm.myText.focus();"> > > This would focus the curson in the textbox named 'myText' in the form > named 'myForm' .. >