This is probably a general HTML question, but I’ll ask it here anyway.
Is there any way to set the focus to a specific field in a form generated in a view? The little I’ve found on so far suggests that I need to add some javascript to do this. I can go figure out how to do that, but it seems like it should be the sort of thing that could already be built into Rails.
Does that work for you in Internet Explorer? It didn't for me. I'm
currently using a partial to hold my form-focus JavaScript and I pass
it the ID of the field I require focus for.
Does that work for you in Internet Explorer? It didn't for me. I'm
currently using a partial to hold my form-focus JavaScript and I pass
it the ID of the field I require focus for.
Sorry, can't say for sure. At least not after reading the thread you
linked.
If I got this right, the problem you mention happens only, if some
other
javascript (like alert) is executed same time.
Longer answer: read the spec -- that is, develop the habit of looking
up the tags you're using rather than relying on potentially incorrect
or out-of-date online references -- <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/>
Running your pages through the W3C validator will also point out
problematic markup, and frequently prevent a lot of styling and JS
headaches.