[Tickets #2344] RESOLVED: Using HTML composition by default steals focus

Wed Jul 27 08:06:24 PDT 2005

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=2344
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 Ticket             | 2344
 Updated By         | kevin_myer at iu13.org
 Summary            | Using HTML composition by default steals focus
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | HEAD
 State              | Bogus
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Type               | Bug
 Owners             | 
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kevin_myer at iu13.org (2005-07-27 08:06) wrote:

See, that's still a bug.  You can't just say "well, thats the way the
component works", which is what I figured would be the case on this bug.  It
provides a very inconsistent user interface, and little things like the
location of a cursor drive users nuts, especially since most users type an
address first, then type the message.

There are potential fixes available:
http://www.htmlarea.com/forum/htmlArea_3_(beta)_C4/htmlArea_2_&_3_archive_(r
ead_only)_C4/htmlArea_v3.0_-_Discussion_F14/HTMLarea_steals_focus_P35051/

Although that may break other things, judging from the post.  Couldn't you
use javascript to steal the focus back to the first form element?