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Clicking into Text Boxes
user name
2006-06-02 12:41:10
That's no ordinary text box then!

What the HTML markup for the textbox that gets rendered to
the browser?

Normally it would be something like :
<input id=tb name=myTextBox>

And do you have any JavaScript running that may affect
focus, etc?

> -----Original Message-----
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> David Emerson
> Sent: 02 June 2006 06:31
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> Subject: [DOTNET-WEB] Clicking into Text Boxes
> 
> I sent this on 26th May.  It may have been overlooked,
or 
> no-one may have an answer.  Either way I'll try again
just in 
> case someone can solve it for me.
> 
> I have a text box on my web page.  When using a mouse,
users 
> can only go into the box when they click on text
already 
> entered.  If they click in part of the box that
doesn't have 
> any text then the cursor doesn't move to the box.
> 
> Also, if they delete everything in the box then the
only way 
> they can get back to the box is to click on the
associated 
> label (which also works if some text is in the field)
> 
> This is confusing for the users.  Is it possible to
make a 
> change so that clicking anywhere in a text box will
move the 
> cursor into the box?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> David Emerson
> Dalyn Software Ltd
> New Zealand
> 
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