I want to use javascript to find the first textbox in a container, so I can set it to focused, but the textbox could be nested. Is there an easy way I can cycle through until I come across the first textbox?
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A:
document.getElementById('container').getElementsByTagName('textarea')[0].focus();
chelmertz
2009-11-02 13:52:13
Isn't this for a textarea
rahul
2009-11-02 13:53:37
Is this recursive? So if my container contains a bunch of nested items and the textbox is right at the top of the tree, will it work?
SLC
2009-11-02 13:55:22
It works, I just had to change textarea to input. Thanks!
SLC
2009-11-02 14:01:02
The [0] ensures it's the first child element with that tag. If you wish to search through elements: var inputs = document.getElementById('container').getElementsByTagName('input');for(var i in inputs){ if(inputs[i].getAttribute('type') == 'text'){ /*inputs[i] is the first input */ /*do something*/ break; /* break so you wont hit more than one input*/ } }
chelmertz
2009-11-02 14:09:40