default input focus for form elements in http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40-970708/ from George Carrette on 1997-09-16 (www-html-editor@w3.org from July to September 1997)

From: George Carrette <George_Carrette@iacnet.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:29:10 +0000
To: www-html-editor <www-html-editor@iacnet.com>
Message-id: <9709170308.AA2136@circus.med.iacnet.com>

The section 3. Giving focus to an element
doesn't say anything about how to specify the DEFAULT element receiving focus.

People are doing this now using Javascript, for better or worse (usually worse)
effect.

There seems to be a big demand from users of legacy systems
for the DEFAULT focus feature.

Received on Tuesday, 16 September 1997 23:10:22 UTC