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```var nextElement = document.getElementsByName('inpt_assemblyitem');

nextElement[0].focus();```

this works for me in the console
`document.getElementsByName('description')[0].focus()`

My guess would something else is drawing the focus after your pageInit call, making it useless

I avoid messing with the focus myself, and I have yet to see anyone successfully manage it on a consistent basis

Hmmm... I'm using 'assemblyitem' as my field id, but it doesn't appear to be working

If I log what is returned by document.getElementsByName... I see this:

If it works... you seem to have had the right id original, the `inpt` one is the one you would want