[thelist] input type focus with javascript

[Rob Whitener]

function setFocus(){
 for(var i=0;i< document.forms[0].elements.length;i++){
  if(document.forms[0].elements.type != 'hidden'){
   document.forms[0].elements.focus();
   break;
  }
 }
}


Try giving the form a name and use each elements name to access them like
this:

document.formname.elementname.type != 'hidden';

or, if you don't want to use the element name, you will need to access each
element by index:

document.formname.elements[i].type != 'hidden';

I think that when you call just elements you are really getting a pointer to
all elements within that form, so you aren't really looking at individual
elements making the statement 'document.forms[0].elements.type' meaningless.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Robertson [mailto:mike at mikeemedia.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:08 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] input type focus with javascript


trying to write a function that will set focus to first form element that is
not a hidden input. This is not working but also not producing an error. any
suggestion?

function setFocus(){
 for(var i=0;i< document.forms[0].elements.length;i++){
  if(document.forms[0].elements.type != 'hidden'){
   document.forms[0].elements.focus();
   break;
  }
 }
}


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