JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/setActive
"setActive()" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
document.all.myTextArea.setActive();
}
</script>
<textarea id="myTextArea">Some text</textarea>
<input type="button"
value="Insert the cursor inside the textarea"
onclick="function1();">
</body>
</html>
"setActive()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<bdo> <big> |
| |<blockquote> <body> |
| |<button> <caption> |
| |<center> <cite> |
| |<custom> <dd> |
| |<dfn> <dir> |
| |<div> <dl> |
| |document <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <hn> |
| |<hr> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input type="button"> <input type="checkbox"> |
| |<input type="file"> <input type="hidden"> |
| |<input type="image"> <input type="password"> |
| |<input type="radio"> <input type="reset"> |
| |<input type="submit"> <input type="text"> |
| |<ins> <isindex> |
| |<kbd> <label> |
| |<legend> <li> |
| |<listing> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <object> |
| |<ol> <p> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <rt> |
| |<ruby> <s> |
| |<samp> <select> |
| |<small> <span> |
| |<strike> <strong> |
| |<sub> <sup> |
| |<table> <tbody> |
| |<td> <textarea> |
| |<tfoot> <th> |
| |<thead> <tr> |
| |<tt> <u> |
| |<ul> <var> |
| |window <xmp> |
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"setActive()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Changes an element"s status to active, giving it the focus.
Syntax:
document.all.elementID.setActive()