>For selecting text try this (untested):
>

$(document).ready(function () {
>
>    $("form div input").focus(function () {
>
>        $("form div").each(function () {
>            $(this).css("background-color", "white");
>        });
>
>        $(this).parent().css("background-color", "#F2FAED");
>
>        $(this).select();
>    });
>
>});

>
>As for setting the width of the div, the width attribute is probably deprecated, but setting it through the style should still work (and I believe is the preferred way). The same goes for your controls.

Thanks, Rob. select worked fine for tabbing through controls (in IE), but not when I initially clicked on the control. I guess I can not have everything.

I'll try to play with style, so far I can not get the simple behavior I want on having two big div side by side and inside them two more div also side by side.