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How to Set Focus Automatically on Textarea at Session Start

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    File to edit: LanguagesForChatOnlyMode.js 

    var ic_hic_demo_timer1 = null;
var ic_hic_demo_timer2 = null;
ic_hic_demo_timer1 = setInterval(ic_hic_demo_timer_checkobject1, 100);
function ic_hic_demo_timer_checkobject1()
{
  if ((ICObject != null) && (ICObject.pChatText != null))
  {
    clearInterval(ic_hic_demo_timer1);
    ICObject.pChatText.onfocus = function()
    {
      clearInterval(ic_hic_demo_timer2);
      ICObject.pChatText.onmousedown();
    }
    ic_hic_demo_timer2 = setInterval(ic_hic_demo_timer_checkobject2, 100);
  }
}
function ic_hic_demo_timer_checkobject2()
{
  try
  {
    ICObject.pChatText.focus();
  }
  catch (ex) {}
}
    Article last updated: 27 September, 2022