Call select method to highlight the text field
<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript> function butCheckForm_onclick() { var myForm = document.form1; myForm.txtAge.blur(); if (myForm.txtAge.value == "" || myForm.txtName.value == "") { document.write("missing value!"); if (myForm.txtName.value == "") { myForm.txtName.focus(); } else { myForm.txtAge.focus(); } } else { document.write(myForm.txtName.value); } } function txtAge_onblur() { var txtAge = document.form1.txtAge; if (isNaN(txtAge.value) == true) { alert("Age must be a number."); txtAge.focus(); txtAge.select(); } } function txtName_onchange() { window.status = "Hi " + document.form1.txtName.value; document.write(document.form1.txtName.value); } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM NAME=form1> Please enter the following details: Name:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME=txtName onchange="txtName_onchange()"> Age: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME=txtAge onblur="txtAge_onblur()"> <INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Check Details" NAME=butCheckForm onclick="butCheckForm_onclick()"> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML>