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How to set focus on dropdown by its name -javascript/jquery

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I have a no of dropdown list as follows

<select name=dropname[0]>....</select>

<select name=dropname[1]>....</select>

<select name=dropname[2]>....</select>

<select name=dropname[3]>....</select>....

Now I want to set focus on second drop down list.I tried these

document.getElementsByName('dropname')[1].focus();

results this error

TypeError: document.getElementsByName(...)[1] is undefined

Thanks in advance

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answered 11 Years ago marques · Accepted Answer

Since you tagged your question with jQuery, try something like

$('select[name^=dropname]').eq(1).focus();



// $('select[name^=dropname]') < elements whos name starts with dropname

// .eq(1) < select one based on its index

// .focus(); < use jQuery's focus method to set the focus