Set focus to a textbox on page load

[Water Cooler v2]

I am new to ASP/ASP.NET so kindly be gentle. When my index.aspx page
loads, I need the focus to be on one of the textboxes called
txtUserName.

I come from a VB background, so expecting the obvious, I go to the
Page_Load event of the index.aspx page and try to write
txtUserName.Set Focus but I see there isn't a SetFocus method for the
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box class.

What's the way to set the focus to a textbox on the page load in
ASP.NET?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

It's a client-side task. You need to call javascript focus() method on the
element you want to set focus on.

Eliyahu

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I am new to ASP/ASP.NET so kindly be gentle. When my index.aspx page
loads, I need the focus to be on one of the textboxes called
txtUserName.

I come from a VB background, so expecting the obvious, I go to the
Page_Load event of the index.aspx page and try to write
txtUserName.Set Focus but I see there isn't a SetFocus method for the
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box class.

What's the way to set the focus to a textbox on the page load in
ASP.NET?

[Kannan.V [MCSD.net]]

you can write a function something like this and use it when u need them.

protected void SetFocus(Contro l controlToFocus) {
string formName = GetFormName(con trolToFocus);
string jsString="<scri pt language=javasc ript>document." + formName +
".elements['" + controlToFocus. UniqueID + "'].focus();</script>";
if(Page.IsStart upScriptRegiste red("SetFocusTo Search")==false )
Page.RegisterSt artupScript("Se tFocusToSearch" ,jsString);

Hope this helps.
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"Water Cooler v2" wrote:

I am new to ASP/ASP.NET so kindly be gentle. When my index.aspx page
loads, I need the focus to be on one of the textboxes called
txtUserName.

I come from a VB background, so expecting the obvious, I go to the
Page_Load event of the index.aspx page and try to write
txtUserName.Set Focus but I see there isn't a SetFocus method for the
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box class.

What's the way to set the focus to a textbox on the page load in
ASP.NET?

[Patrick Olurotimi Ige]

As the last post adviced this should do the trick:-

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

Hope this helps
Patrick

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