Put your javascript right under the input field. <form name="myForm" ...> <input id="username" name="username" ... /> ... </form> <script> document.myForm.username.focus(); </script>
It is not jQuery, but plain javascript. Just in case jquery is not fully loaded... jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Gordon <gordon.mc...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > I've got a field on a web page that needs some javascript behaviour > when it gains or loses focus, so I attached the appropriate handlers > in a $(document).ready to the field. > > It all works fine, except if the user focuses the input field before > the ready event fires. In this case the behaviour doesn't occur. > > The old version used onfocus and onblur attributes in the tag itself, > which is obviously a very bad way of doing it, but did have the > advantage that the behaviour would occur as soon as the input field > became visible. > > Is there a friendlier way of attaching behaviour before the ready > event?
