The onFocus event handler fired when focus is made on that particular text area.
<html> <head> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var counter = 0;
function sendAway(){ document.myForm.myTextArea2.focus(); document.myForm.counter.value = counter++; } --> </script> </head> <body onLoad='sendAway()'> <form name="myForm"> <textarea name="myTextArea1" rows=2 cols=50 onFocus='sendAway()'> Here is some text in my text area. </textarea> <textarea name="myTextArea2" rows=2 cols=50> Here is some text in my text area. </textarea> <br> <input type=TEXT size=2 value="" name="counter"> </form> </body> </html>
