Hi, I am able to set focus to a particular textbox onload of a form u

senthilar over 10 years ago

Hi,

I am able to set focus to a particular textbox onload of a form using the below code :
document.getElementById("textControl_fd_component_"+window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace+"requestComments").focus();

But this doesn't work for textarea. The page throws an error at run-time. Is it because of "textControl_fd_component"? What do I replace that with?...

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0 Eduardo Fuentes
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

That worked for me even with 30 components but it could be that you are facing a race conditions (the components are not available yet when the code is executed).

My suggestion would be:

1. Switch to this other syntax

$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + id).get(0).focus();

2. This means your line will now be

$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + "requestComments").get(0).focus();

3. If the issue persists wrap it in a setTimeout to delay its execution. This example dealys it for 50ms

setTimeout(function() {$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + "requestComments").get(0).focus();}, 50);
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0 Eduardo Fuentes
Appian Employee
over 10 years ago

That worked for me even with 30 components but it could be that you are facing a race conditions (the components are not available yet when the code is executed).

My suggestion would be:

1. Switch to this other syntax

$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + id).get(0).focus();

2. This means your line will now be

$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + "requestComments").get(0).focus();

3. If the issue persists wrap it in a setTimeout to delay its execution. This example dealys it for 50ms

setTimeout(function() {$("#plainTextControl_fd_component_" + window.FormDesigner.runtimeNamespace + "requestComments").get(0).focus();}, 50);
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