focus question

[neginf]

I am using onload="f();g();document.forms[0].elements[0].focus();" in the body tag. F() and g() are other functions that seem to work ok.

When I get to the page from the address bar, the focus goes to the address bar. When I right click and refresh the page, focus goes to the first element like I want.

What could I be doing wrong?

[WolfShade]

Unless the form presence is dynamically determined, I'd use the name of the form when referencing it; and even then you can use a conditional to check for whether or not the form is present when the page loads.

Instead of using the onload in BODY, try this:

<script type="text/javascript">
function init(){
    if(document.formName) {
	document.formName.inputName.focus();
                  }
	}
window.onload = init;
</script>

^_^

[neginf]

Took out the document.forms[0].elements[0].focus() from
onload="a(arglist 1);a(arglist 2);document.forms[0].elements[0].focus()"
and put in init() etc. No luck and a() did not run.
Maybe body of form not there when page loads though like you suggested.
What could cause that ?

[neginf]

Made it onload="a(args);a(args);startout()" and in startout, put
if (document.formname)
alert('*');
document.formname.elementname.focus();

The * shows whether I start from address bar or right click refresh and whether I use formname or forms[0] etc. But still focusing only ok when refreshing.

What is different about starting from address bar and right click refreshing ?

[Kor]

Took out the document.forms[0].elements[0].focus() from
onload="a(arglist 1);a(arglist 2);document.forms[0].elements[0].focus()"
and put in init() etc. No luck and a() did not run.
Maybe body of form not there when page loads though like you suggested.
What could cause that ?

maybe you have another code which uses also window.onload. Or you can not have more than a single event of one kind on the same element. Check that, and if so, gather all the functions/statements you want to start onload within the same and unique window.onload.