Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 02/07/06 21:04

Troy Piggins <usenet-0602@piggo.com> wrote:

> Trying to set focus on an input field.

Just stop trying that. Problem solved.

Even if you did it in the technically correct way, it would disturb
people. For example, people would start typing in the field _before_
your code sets the focus. Guess what happens then?

(Right. The cursor is inserted at the start of the field.)

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