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Asked: 2026-06-15T12:55:30+00:00

I have a form like so: <form action=’word.php’ name = ‘searchbox’> <input type=’text’ name=’word’

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I have a form like so:

<form action='word.php' name = 'searchbox'>
<input type='text' name='word' id = 'searchbox' value = 'default'>
</form>

In my body I have:

<body onLoad="searchbox.word.focus()">

You can see the fiddle here:
http://jsfiddle.net/WEZ7S/

What I’m trying to achieve is just have a blinking cursor at the end of “default”, but instead the whole word gets selected instead.

Surprisingly Google hasn’t been able to find any solutions. How would I do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From a previously answered question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13371452/1238887

    Here’s a nifty little trick:

    $(document).ready(function() {
    var $field = $("#searchbox"),
        oldVal = $field.val();
    $field.focus().val('').val(oldVal);
});

    DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/X7Y8S/

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