Posted by John L. on 10/16/07 10:49

Joe Butler wrote:
> Any ideas why this form is not focusing on the text area control?
> Doesn't focus in FF1 or IE6 - nothing else tested, since it should work with
> these as google works (but with a different script).
>
> scripts are allowed to run in FF and IE.
>
>
> <a name="event16">
> </a>
>
> <form name="form16" class="event" style="width: 80%;"
> action="/cal/index.php" method="post">
> <a href="/cal/index.php?cancel=16">&nbsp;cancel&nbsp;</a>
>
> <input value="save" type="submit">
> <input name="idsave" value="16" type="hidden">
> <textarea name="edit" rows="5" cols="60">df df</textarea>
> </form>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> <!--
> // -->
> </script>

From http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3.2:

Commenting scripts in JavaScript
The JavaScript engine allows the string "<!--" to occur at the start of
a SCRIPT element, and ignores further characters until the end of the line.

So put your statement on a new line.

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