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Table of Contents [Hide/Show]    Displaying the current URL    Displaying the Document Timestamp    Setting Initial Focus    Submitting a Form

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Displaying the current URL¶

The following javascript will output the URL of the page in which the javascript is running.

document.write(document.URL);

Displaying the Document Timestamp¶

The following JavaScript code will output when the document was last updated.

document.write(document.lastModified);

Setting Initial Focus¶

To set the control with the initial focus on a web page, perform the following steps.

• Browse to the page.
• View the HTML source for the page and find the ID of the control of interest
• Place the following code near the BOTTOM of the body of the page, changing "myControlId" appropriately.
  

document.getElementById("myControlId").focus();

Submitting a Form¶

document.forms[0].submit();