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how to auto-focus iframe on bodyload

I am working on a WYSIWYG text editor and I'm using iframe as the textarea, i want the textarea to be selected as soon as the page loads. i tried the onload event and the focus() function but both didn't work.

here is the code:

<iframe name="richTextField" id="richTextField" style="border:#000000 1px solid; width:700px; height:300px;" ></iframe>

And the javascript

function iFrameOn(){
richTextField.document.designMode = 'On';
}
Solution

  • A better approach is not to use IFrames.. They're not the most flexible when working with the DOM or any HTML elements.

    A good approach is a element such as section without Javascript for the basics all you need is : 

    <section id="editable" contenteditable="true"></section>

    Would be a simple example Fiddle

    From here you can edit as you wish..

    Because it has HTML markup you can have events (javascript) to append/ apply BOLD etc etc. All the WYSIWYG.

    Good luck with your editor!