Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - How to set focus to a field when Xpages load

~Denise Lopboosivergon

Mar 7, 2011, 7:05 AM

1 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load

I found this solution. Add the javascript below to the onClientLoad event:

dojo.query("input[id$='subject']")[0].focus();

~Ted Asavelutherikle

Mar 9, 2011, 7:43 PM

13 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load [Successful]

Sorry, I must have mistyped or something. This was successful.

Thank you very much.

~Karl Froresazenlen

Mar 7, 2011, 8:18 AM

149 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load

you can use this code in a CSJS scriptlibrary

dojo.addOnLoad(function(){
var it = dojo.query("*[id$='subject']")[0];
it.focus();
});

~Ted Asavelutherikle

Mar 7, 2011, 7:57 PM

13 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load [Not working]

I tried this and it doesn't work. I *think* the problem might be that the field that I want to focus on has a partial refresh on one of it's events? I read somewhere that there is a problem with focus if a field has a partial refresh?

~Arnold Minreternivu

Mar 8, 2011, 7:08 AM

41 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load [Not working]

If an onfocus event is defined for the target field and the component matching the refresh ID of that event contains the field, then yes... that portion of the page would be refreshed immediately onload, which would replace the field with the result of the updated component state. This would cause the focus to be lost... unless, of course, you set an onComplete for the event to refocus the field... but that would trigger the refresh event, and another focus... infinite loop.

~Ted Asavelutherikle

Mar 8, 2011, 4:11 PM

13 Posts

Re: How to set focus to a field when Xpages load [Not working]

That is a good point, but I am refreshing another part of the Xpage.

I can't get this to work even on a clean Xpage. I must be doing something stupid.

Here is my code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core">

<xp:this.onClientLoad><![CDATA[dojo.query("input[id$='inputText1']")[0].focus();]]></xp:this.onClientLoad>
<xp:inputText id="inputText1"></xp:inputText>
</xp:view>

If someone can point out my error I would greatly appreciate it.