Re: WOTextField question

Hi Jeff,

On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Jeff Dunnett wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a WOTextField which will have a starting value.  For example  
> a Name field with the value "Jeff".  I was wondering if there is  
> anyway that I can make it so that if the cursor is before the J all  
> the user has to do is type and the characters will be overwritten.   
> I have looked online at various reference both for WebObjects and  
> HTML but haven't found an answer to the problem.


JavaScript is what you want to look at.  Probably the onFocus event.
http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Form-Control/SelectingTextUponFocus.htm

Chuck


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