To set the focus of a HTML text box include this short piece of code in the <head> section
<script>function setfoc() { document.f1.KeyWords.focus(); }
In the example above f1 is the name of the form and KeyWords is the name of the input textbox
In the body section:
<form name=”f1″ action=”youraction” method=”POST”>
<input type=”text” name=”KeyWords” size=”40″ value=”default text”>
</form>
<script language=”JavaScript”>setfoc();</script>
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