RE: [PEAR] QF element ids generation and setting focus usingjavascript

> -----Original Message----- > From: Bertrand Mansion [mailto:bmansion@mamasam.com] > > <mike.carter@personalmedicaladvisor.co.uk> wrote : > > > Hi, > > > > Could somebody explain to me how the element ids are > generated in QF. > > They are in the form id="qf_f77d61". > > > > I would like to write some javascript which is called at > the end of the > > renderer template. The javascript will place the focus in > the first element > > that can handle the focus() method. > > > > Using something very simple like > document.forms[0].elements[0].focus(); > > does't work because hidden elements are placed before > 'normal' elements in a > > quickform. > > > > Has anybody already done this in javascript? > > id is an attribute... That wasn't quite the information I was after. I've started writing a small piece of javascript which aims to loop through quickform elements and find the first visible element which has had nothing input in to it (no value set). <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" defer><!-- for(elementid = 0; elementid < document.forms[1].elements.length; elementid++) { thiselement = document.forms[1].elements[elementid]; // --- Find first form element that is visible and has no value if(thiselement.type != 'hidden' && !thiselement.value) { thiselement.focus(); break; } } //--></script> The above finds the first element fine, but doesn't always give it focus() for some reason. My original question was regarding a way of working out the first quickform id element so that I could do away with the loop maybe. My page contains multiple forms, I cannot think of a way to check if a form is a quickform generated one or not. This would make my document.forms[1] assumption safer. Regards, Mike c.