TabIndex

[Jarod_24]

How does tabindex work in ASP .net pages
I dosen't seem to work quite like in regular forms. and there isn't any TabStop property either.

1 .How do you prevent a control form beign "tabbed". (hidden textboxes ect.)

2. How do get a control to get focus when the page is loaded (think username textfield on a loginpage)

3. Does the tab-order work just like in regular forms (1 ->2 -> 3 and so on?)

4. How does tabindex work with datagrid and datalists. (does it focus the whole grid/list and then each control?)

5. How do you set a buttons to work as the default button (when "Enter" is pressend) or the cancel-button (when "Esc" is pressed)

[jm]

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How does tabindex work in ASP .net pages
I dosen't seem to work quite like in regular forms. and there isn't any TabStop property either.
1 .How do you prevent a control form beign "tabbed". (hidden textboxes ect.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...s/tabindex.asp
1.. Objects with a negative tabIndex are omitted from the tabbing order.
also see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...bstoptopic.asp
2. How do get a control to get focus when the page is loaded (think username textfield on a loginpage)

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet...15/aspnet.html

"Private Sub SetFocus(ByVal ctrl As Control)
' Define the JavaScript function for the specified control.
Dim focusScript As String = "<script language='javas cript'>" & _
"document.getEl ementById('" + ctrl.ClientID & _
"').focus() ;</script>"

' Add the JavaScript code to the page.
Page.RegisterSt artupScript("Fo cusScript", focusScript)
End Sub

You can now call the custom SetFocus() function from any event handler to
change the control focus as needed:
SetFocus(myText Box);
Remember, the focus change won't take effect until the page is rendered and
sent back to the browser."


3. Does the tab-order work just like in regular forms (1 ->2 -> 3 and so on?)

It always has for me.


4. How does tabindex work with datagrid and datalists. (does it focus the whole grid/list and then each control?)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...bstoptopic.asp

see if that helps.

5. How do you set a buttons to work as the default button (when "Enter" is pressend) or the cancel-button (when "Esc" is pressed)

It looks like you are asking two different questions here. As to the first,

http://www.allasp.net/enterkey.aspx

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...default+button

on your second, it looks like you want client side code, I would look at
onkeypress calling Javascript and using keycode:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100...script+keycode

Hope this helps.
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[jm]

"Jarod_24" <ja******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
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How does tabindex work in ASP .net pages
I dosen't seem to work quite like in regular forms. and there isn't any TabStop property either.
1 .How do you prevent a control form beign "tabbed". (hidden textboxes ect.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...s/tabindex.asp
1.. Objects with a negative tabIndex are omitted from the tabbing order.
also see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...bstoptopic.asp
2. How do get a control to get focus when the page is loaded (think username textfield on a loginpage)

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet...15/aspnet.html

"Private Sub SetFocus(ByVal ctrl As Control)
' Define the JavaScript function for the specified control.
Dim focusScript As String = "<script language='javas cript'>" & _
"document.getEl ementById('" + ctrl.ClientID & _
"').focus() ;</script>"

' Add the JavaScript code to the page.
Page.RegisterSt artupScript("Fo cusScript", focusScript)
End Sub

You can now call the custom SetFocus() function from any event handler to
change the control focus as needed:
SetFocus(myText Box);
Remember, the focus change won't take effect until the page is rendered and
sent back to the browser."


3. Does the tab-order work just like in regular forms (1 ->2 -> 3 and so on?)

It always has for me.


4. How does tabindex work with datagrid and datalists. (does it focus the whole grid/list and then each control?)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...bstoptopic.asp

see if that helps.

5. How do you set a buttons to work as the default button (when "Enter" is pressend) or the cancel-button (when "Esc" is pressed)

It looks like you are asking two different questions here. As to the first,

http://www.allasp.net/enterkey.aspx

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...default+button

on your second, it looks like you want client side code, I would look at
onkeypress calling Javascript and using keycode:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100...script+keycode

Hope this helps.
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