I don't know jQuery but does this only work if the first form element is an 'input'? What about if the first form element is a 'select' or a 'textarea'?
On Nov 1, 4:18 pm, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exellent point but there is a much easier solution. > > <script> > $(document).ready(function() { $ > ("input:visible:enabled:first").focus(); }); > </script> > > This will always focus the first visible field of the first form. > I now added it in web2py_ajax.html and will be the default with the > next web2py version. > > Never underestimate the power of jQuery! > > Massimo > > On Oct 31, 4:57 pm, "Wes James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I like it when an input box is already selected on a page with a form > > when first loaded so I did this with the admin password form. > > > in > > > admin/views/layout.html > > > I changed > > > <body> > > > to > > > <body onload="isApasswd=document.getElementById('apasswd'); > > if(isApasswd) isApasswd.focus();"> > > > then in > > > admin/views/default/index.html > > > I changed > > > <input type="password" name="password"/> > > > to > > > <input id="apasswd" type="password" name="password"/> > > > I'm not sure how else you would do this since the layout.html seems to > > be an outer layer to a lot of other web2by chunks... > > > c/ya, > > > newb web2py user, > > > -wj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---