document.form.itemname.select() sgd -- work: http://www.ti3.com/ non: http://thinksafely.org/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Galvin [mailto:mpgalvin at eircom.net] > 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.