focus()

Working in IE but not firefox

[gosman]

I have the following code.

<input type="button" value="Dis" onclick="getElementById('Hid').style.visibility='visible';getElementById('Hid').focus()">

In IE it works as expected by displaying a hidden div and then setting focus to that div, however in Firefox the div is displayed but focus is not set.

Any suggestions?

[Fotiman]

According to the DOM Specification [w3.org], the only elements that can receive focus are HTMLSelectElement [w3.org], HTMLInputElement [w3.org], HTMLTextAreaElement [w3.org], and HTMLAnchorElement [w3.org]

DIV elements are not included. You might be able to scroll to the element though, or perhaps set the location to the current URL + "#Hid".

[gosman]

Thank you Fotiman. Sorted it out using an anchor.