function high(which2){
theobject=which2
highlighting=setInterval("highlightit(theobject)",50)
}
function low(which2){
clearInterval(highlighting)
if (which2.style.MozOpacity)
which2.style.MozOpacity=0.8
else if (which2.filters)
which2.filters.alpha.opacity=80
}

function highlightit(cur2){
if (cur2.style.MozOpacity<1)
cur2.style.MozOpacity=parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity)+0.1
else if (cur2.filters&&cur2.filters.alpha.opacity<100)
cur2.filters.alpha.opacity+=10
else if (window.highlighting)
clearInterval(highlighting)
}

var highlightcolor="#fcfcfc"

var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
var previous=''
var eventobj

//Regular expression to highlight only form elements
var intended=/INPUT|TEXTAREA|SELECT|OPTION/

//Function to check whether element clicked is form element
function checkel(which){
if (which.style&&intended.test(which.tagName)){
if (ns6&&eventobj.nodeType==3)
eventobj=eventobj.parentNode.parentNode
return true
}
else
return false
}

//Function to highlight form element
function highlight(e){
eventobj=ns6? e.target : event.srcElement
if (previous!=''){
if (checkel(previous))
previous.style.backgroundColor='#fcfcfc'
previous=eventobj
if (checkel(eventobj))
eventobj.style.backgroundColor=highlightcolor
}
else{
if (checkel(eventobj))
eventobj.style.backgroundColor=highlightcolor
previous=eventobj
}
}

<!-- Begin
function placeFocus() {
if (document.forms.length > 0) {
var field = document.forms[0];
for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++) {
if ((field.elements[i].type == "text") || (field.elements[i].type == "textarea") || (field.elements[i].type.toString().charAt(0) == "s")) {
document.forms[0].elements[i].focus();
break;
         }
      }
   }
}
//  End -->