[Javascript] Focus problem with Firefox

Tue Jan 23 12:32:50 CST 2007

robert wrote:
> I have problem with this piece of code in Mozzila Firefox (Ver. 1.5.0.9). IE
> works as expected. The problem is, that after leaving first input field, the
> focus does change to box3, but the cursor is not visible. Any suggestions?
> 			
I did some additional testing on this. Without going into the 
observational details, the tests seem to indicate that upon exiting the 
trigger field, both browsers automatically spawn a default focus on the 
next field in tab order. However, whereas IE cancels that default focus 
in favor of the new field, FF doesn't and gets confused as a result. (In 
FF, a subsequent tab away from this "no-man's-land focus" always 
returned to the location bar, regardless of what field it should have 
moved to.)
	Perhaps if you could tell us why and under what conditions you want to 
skip the second field (or focus on the third), we could be of more help 
with a workaround.

Triche

>  
> 
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> 
> <html>
> 
> <head>
> 
> <script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
> 
> function change_focus()
> 
> {
> 
> //document.getElementById('box3').focus();
> 
> document.myform.box3.focus();
> 
> }
> 
> </script>
> 
> </head>
> 
> <body>
> 
>  
> 
> <form name='myform'>
> 
> Box 1: <input id='box1' type='text' name='box1'
> onBlur='change_focus();'><br>
> 
> Box 2: <input id='box2' type='text' name='box2'><br>
> 
> Box 3: <input id='box3' type='text' name='box3'><br>
> 
> </form>
> 
> </html>
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
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