Default Focus on textInput ?

Hi everybody !
How set default focus on form element ?

Hi Rustam -
I believe that you'll need to write a bit of JavaScript to do this. You can set the default focus in your body's onLoad handler. Here is a sample uiXML page which sets the focus to a text input control when the page is loaded:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<page xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/controller"
      xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/ui"
      xmlns:data="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/ui"
      xmlns:ctrl="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/controller">
<content>
<body onLoad="form1.text2.focus()" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/ui">
<contents>
    <form name="form1">
    <contents>
      <stackLayout>
      <contents>
        <textInput name="text1"/>
        <textInput name="text2"/>
      </contents>
      </stackLayout>
    </contents>
    </form>
</contents>
</body>
</content>
</page>Andy

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