Question

Dynamically created form contains input elements. First elements may be disabled or readonly.
I tired code below to set focus to first elemnt which accepts data to enable fast data enttry form keyboard.
However if form fist element is disable or readonly, focus is not set.
How to set focus to first element which accepts data ?

    <form style='margin: 30px' id="Form" class='form-fields' method='post' target='_blank'
    action='Report/Render'>
...
    <input id='_submit' type='submit' value='Show report' class='button blue bigrounded' />
    </form>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var elements = $('#Form').find(':text,:radio,:checkbox,select,textarea');
            elements[0].focus();
            elements[0].select();
});
</script>

Update

There are also hidden input fields, sorry. Answers provided set focus to hidden element. Answr containing function does not find any element.ˇ

Here is the update testcase:

$(function () {
  $("#form :input:not([readonly='readonly']):not([disabled='disabled'])").first() 
                                                                        .focus(); 
});

How to set focus to vist visible, enabled and not readonly element ?

Update 3

I tried Row W code where input element was added.
Now it sets focus to second element. Testcase is shown at Revision 5 of Rob W’s answer

Answer 1

Use the following code:

var elements = $('#Form').find(':text,:radio,:checkbox,select,textarea').filter(function(){
    return !this.readOnly &&
           !this.disabled &&
           $(this).parentsUntil('form', 'div').css('display') != "none";
});
elements.focus().select();

If you only want to select the first element, the following code is more efficient:

$('#Form').find(':text,:radio,:checkbox,select,textarea').each(function(){
    if(!this.readOnly && !this.disabled &&
                $(this).parentsUntil('form', 'div').css('display') != "none") {
        this.focus();  //Dom method
        this.select(); //Dom method
        return false;
    }
});

Update: if you want to have the elements in the same order, use:

var elements = $("#form").find("*").filter(function(){
   if(/^select|textarea|input$/i.test(this.tagName)) { //not-null
       //Optionally, filter the same elements as above
       if(/^input$/i.test(this.tagName) && !/^checkbox|radio|text$/i.test(this.type)){
           // Not the right input element
           return false;
       }
       return !this.readOnly &&
              !this.disabled &&
              $(this).parentsUntil('form', 'div').css('display') != "none";
   }
   return false;
});