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07.19.2006 at 01:33AM PDT, ID: 21924170
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How to set focus() on a button without activating it?

Asked by YossiBa in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Tags: activating, focus, set, without

Hi helper,
I have the following button:

<BUTTON id="associateBtnId" name="associateCmd" onclick="submitAssociate();"  tabindex="2"  onmouseover="changeApearance(this, 'over')" onmouseout="changeApearance(this, 'out')" styleClass="sbttn">
Associate
</BUTTON>

When I activate  - document.getElementById('associateBtnId').focus();

The focus is shift to the button and it is activated as well!! I just want the focus to be on the button and thats it. when the user descide to activate he should press Enter.
How can I shift the focus to the button without activating it?
Thanks
Yossi

* 165 is all the points I got :-(
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