The onBlur event handler is fired when the focus is moved away from that particular text area.
<html> <head> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var counter = 0; function comeBack(){ document.myForm.myTextArea1.focus(); document.myForm.counter.value = counter++; } --> </script> </head> <body onLoad='comeBack()'> <form name="myForm"> <textarea name="myTextArea1" rows=2 cols=50 onBlur='comeBack()'> Here is some text in my text area. </textarea> <textarea name="myTextArea2" rows=2 cols=50> Here is some text in my text area. </textarea><br> <input type=TEXT size=2 value="" name="counter"> </form> </body> </html>
