[snip] I want to set focus on a text area with javascript if the entry by the user is not what I want. if (isset($submitted){ if(empty($name)) { $fname_error = " *Please Enter your firstname or initial"; //the code to set focus to the textbox should go here } [/snip] if(empty($name)) { $fname_error = " *Please Enter your firstname or initial"; //the code to set focus to the textbox should go here echo "window.document.YOURFORMNAME.name.focus();"; } -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php