Question

How do you automatically set the focus to a textbox when a web page loads?

Is there an HTML tag to do it or does it have to be done via Javascript?

Answer 1

If you’re using jquery:

$(function() {   $('#Box1').focus(); }); 

or prototype:

Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {   $('Box1').focus(); }); 

or plain javascript:

window.onload = function() {   document.getElementById('Box1').focus(); }; 

though keep in mind that this will replace other on load handlers, so look up addLoadEvent() in google for a safe way to append onload handlers rather than replacing.