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Alexander Turcic · 02-11-2009, 02:48 AM

Thanks, that worked.

Here is what I found out about auto-focusing on an input field on pageload. The Javascript for the reply form is pretty easy to do:

window.onload=function() { document.forms['vbform'].elements['title'].focus(); }

Unfortunately, it breaks the Backspace key to move back in your browsing history. By focusing on a form field you're essentially disabling some fundamental browser functionality.

Kovid, when you are in Reply using vimperator, instead of using an extra 3 keystrokes to focus, you could use the tab key instead. That would reduce it to 1 extra keystroke.

02-11-2009, 02:48 AM	#6
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Thanks, that worked. Here is what I found out about auto-focusing on an input field on pageload. The Javascript for the reply form is pretty easy to do: window.onload=function() { document.forms['vbform'].elements['title'].focus(); } Unfortunately, it breaks the Backspace key to move back in your browsing history. By focusing on a form field you're essentially disabling some fundamental browser functionality. Kovid, when you are in Reply using vimperator, instead of using an extra 3 keystrokes to focus, you could use the tab key instead. That would reduce it to 1 extra keystroke.