[RESOLVED] Auto-place Cursor in Form box

[krotkruton]

I have users with profiles on my site, and I'm working on allowing users to send private messages. In a user's profile, there is a link for sending a message. The link reloads the profile with a form box for typing in the message.

Does anyone know how I make the page center (or at least scroll so that the box is in the viewable window) and place the cursor inside in the form? I basically want to do the same thing as www.google.com in that the cursor is automatically in the search box when you open the page.

[jamie85]

Check out google's source code...

in the body tag..

onLoad="var SymTmpWinOpen = window.open; window.open = SymWinOpen; sf();

the sf(); function is the one you want

function sf(){document.f.q.focus();}

'f' being the form name and 'q' being the name of the input box

Does anyone know how I make the page center (or at least scroll so that the box is in the viewable window)

Im guessing by this you mean the user has to scroll down the page to veiw the form??
If thats the case, use ananchor

[krotkruton]

I have to laugh at myself when I forget to do the simple things, like look at a page's source code.
Regardless, thanks for the info.