Posted by Troy Piggins on 02/07/06 23:56

* Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> Troy Piggins <usenet-0602@piggo.com> wrote:
>
>> Trying to set focus on an input field.
>
> Just stop trying that. Problem solved.

s/solved/avoided ;-)

> 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.)

Imagine how inconvenient it would be if Google didn't set the focus to
the search input field.

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Troy Piggins
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