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- Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 17:39 Go to next message
Twayne is currently offline  Twayne
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Hi,

PHP-HTML forms:
How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page? I
can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! Have googled, visited php.net
and w3schools with no luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
preset in the first input field.
I do not wish to use javascript or Flash to accomplish this unless I
really have to. I've looked at several sites that do it but without result,
which I'm assuming is because they're using php. At least I can't see
anything else referenced.

TIA

Twayne`



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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170101 is a reply to message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 18:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michael Fesser is currently offline  Michael Fesser
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.oO(Twayne)

> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page? I
> can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! Have googled, visited php.net
> and w3schools with no luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
> preset in the first input field.

This requires JavaScript.

Micha

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170103 is a reply to message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 18:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sheldonlg is currently offline  sheldonlg
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On 10/10/2010 1:39 PM, Twayne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page? I
> can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! Have googled, visited php.net
> and w3schools with no luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
> preset in the first input field.
> I do not wish to use javascript or Flash to accomplish this unless I
> really have to. I've looked at several sites that do it but without result,
> which I'm assuming is because they're using php. At least I can't see
> anything else referenced.
>
> TIA
>
> Twayne`
>
>
>

tabindex?

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170107 is a reply to message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 18:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 10/10/2010 1:39 PM, Twayne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page? I
> can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! Have googled, visited php.net
> and w3schools with no luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
> preset in the first input field.
> I do not wish to use javascript or Flash to accomplish this unless I
> really have to. I've looked at several sites that do it but without result,
> which I'm assuming is because they're using php. At least I can't see
> anything else referenced.
>
> TIA
>
> Twayne`
>
>
>

You can't do it with PHP - PHP can do nothing to affect the browser
except send HTML.

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170109 is a reply to message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 19:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Beauregard T. Shagnas is currently offline  Beauregard T. Shagnas
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Twayne wrote:

> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page?
> I can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! ...

As already said, you'd need JavaScript. [1]

However, please don't subject your visitors to that sillyness. A problem
results on pages that take awhile to load, or for people with slow
connections. The page begins loading ... visitor sees first field ...
clicks in it ... types ... tabs to second field ... page is still
loading ... types ... page finally finishes loading ... THEN your
JavaScript finally fires and moves the cursor back to the first field,
infuriating the visitor.

[1] Your google must be broken. The very first result for googling:
move cursor to first web form field
gives you the answer, with an example (note how it fails if JavaScript
is disabled). But, hey, then you wouldn't have learned you shouldn't do
it in the first place.

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170110 is a reply to message #170100] Sun, 10 October 2010 19:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Marious Barrier is currently offline  Marious Barrier
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On 10/10/2010 02:39 PM, Twayne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on a .php page? I
> can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR HTML! Have googled, visited php.net
> and w3schools with no luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
> preset in the first input field.
> I do not wish to use javascript or Flash to accomplish this unless I
> really have to. I've looked at several sites that do it but without result,
> which I'm assuming is because they're using php. At least I can't see
> anything else referenced.

Is this a joke?

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170135 is a reply to message #170100] Mon, 11 October 2010 23:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Twayne is currently offline  Twayne
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In news:i8stnq$rfd$1(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org,
Twayne <nobody(at)devnull(dot)spamcop(dot)net> typed:
> Hi,
>
> PHP-HTML forms:
> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field on
> a .php page? I can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR
> HTML! Have googled, visited php.net and w3schools with no
> luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor preset
> in the first input field. I do not wish to use javascript
> or Flash to accomplish this unless I really have to. I've looked at
> several sites that do it but
> without result, which I'm assuming is because they're using
> php. At least I can't see anything else referenced.
>
> TIA
>
> Twayne`

Thanks, all. That's about what I expected but sometimes I miss the most
basic things, so hadda ask.

Twayne

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- Re: Cursor to 1st fllable field? [message #170136 is a reply to message #170107] Mon, 11 October 2010 23:52 Go to previous message
Twayne is currently offline  Twayne
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In news:i8t1kj$akv$1(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> typed:
> On 10/10/2010 1:39 PM, Twayne wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> PHP-HTML forms:
>> How do I preset the cursor to the first fillable field
>> on a .php page? I can't figure out how to do it in PHP OR
>> HTML! Have googled, visited php.net and w3schools with no
>> luck. All I want is to open the page with the cursor
>> preset in the first input field. I do not wish to use
>> javascript or Flash to accomplish this unless I really have to. I've
>> looked at several sites that do it
>> but without result, which I'm assuming is because they're
>> using php. At least I can't see anything else referenced.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Twayne`

Good Point; so logical NOW<g>!

Twayne`

>>
>>
>>
>
> You can't do it with PHP - PHP can do nothing to affect the
> browser except send HTML.

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