Hello,

how can I set the focus of a form to a certain field on the RichFaces Modal Panel ? Of course I could do it with JavaScript. but it is not working.

this is my code

</script>
function start()
{
var course = document.getElementById('mpform:name');
alert(course);
 course.focus();
 return true;
}
</script>
<rich:modalPanel onshow="start();" id="login" height="270" width="1000" zindex="2000">
 <a:form id="mpform">
<h:inputText id="name" value="#{identity.username}" required="true" >
</a:form>
</rich:modalPanel >

i use start() java script method for set focus the input field.
i try to display the component id on alert window , but it give null.
please any one help me ...

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Thiagu.m