Cursor focus to error field.

Question

In APEX 3.0, when I use Validations, Type Function Returning Error Text:
If :P1_ITEM is null then
return 'Must enter a value';
end if;
Everything is fine, except the cursor goes to the first field in the page. How do I make the cursor go to the field that contains the error (back to the field that did the validation)? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Shirley
Sorry I did not see this post but I did reply to your question you post about inserting caps.
if you create another page item say P1_PAGE_FOCUS then as part of your validation you set its value.
If :P1_ITEM is null then
:P1_PAGE_FOCUS := 'P1_ITEM';
return 'Must enter a value';
end if;
add this bit of javascript to your header
function setFocus(FocusItem)
  try {
    var oFocus = document.getElementById(FocusItem);
    document.getElementById(oFocus.value).focus();
  catch(err) {
    null;
}You should also that your pages Cursor Focus is not set to first page item. Then add the following to your HTML Body attribute
onLoad ="setFocus('P1_PAGE_FOCUS');"
This should then set the page item that you want to set focus to the invalid page item.