Master Page DefaultButton/DefaultFocus

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We can set the default button and focus field in ASP.Net 2.0 on the Form tag.
My form tag is in the Master page, but the controls are in containers.

I read through a few articles which did not work.

I added a "runat=serv er" to make the values visible to the devel. env.

I added properties to the masters codebehind:

Private strDefaultFocus As String
Private strDefaultButto n As String

Public WriteOnly Property FormFocusContro l() As String
Set(ByVal value As String)
strDefaultFocus = value
End Set
End Property

Public WriteOnly Property FormButtonContr ol() As String
Set(ByVal value As String)
strDefaultButto n = value
End Set
End Property

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Me.Load
Me.frmMaster.De faultButton = strDefaultButto n
Me.frmMaster.De faultFocus = strDefaultFocus
End Sub
In the Container, I set the default to a container control name:

CType(Master, Generic).FormBu ttonControl = "ibtnNext"

The button is of type asp:ImageButton .

When I run the page, I get "The DefaultButton of 'frmMaster' must be the ID
of a control of type IButtonControl. "

I hope the resolution is as easy as placing the Generic assignment to a
different area. I have watched the Generic.Page_Lo ad execute AFTER the
Container.Page_ Load, so I assumed the controls were available.

Thank you

[Bruno Alexandre]

DefaultButton and DefaultFocus works in any Panel as well...

<asp:panel id="p" runat="server" defaultbutton=" btnSave">
<asp:button id="btnSave" runat="server" text="Save" />
</asp:panel>

"BigJohn" <bi*****@newsgr oup.nospamwrote in message
news:25******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

We can set the default button and focus field in ASP.Net 2.0 on the Form
tag.
My form tag is in the Master page, but the controls are in containers.

I read through a few articles which did not work.

I added a "runat=serv er" to make the values visible to the devel. env.

I added properties to the masters codebehind:

Private strDefaultFocus As String
Private strDefaultButto n As String

Public WriteOnly Property FormFocusContro l() As String
Set(ByVal value As String)
strDefaultFocus = value
End Set
End Property

Public WriteOnly Property FormButtonContr ol() As String
Set(ByVal value As String)
strDefaultButto n = value
End Set
End Property

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Me.Load
Me.frmMaster.De faultButton = strDefaultButto n
Me.frmMaster.De faultFocus = strDefaultFocus
End Sub
In the Container, I set the default to a container control name:

CType(Master, Generic).FormBu ttonControl = "ibtnNext"

The button is of type asp:ImageButton .

When I run the page, I get "The DefaultButton of 'frmMaster' must be the
ID
of a control of type IButtonControl. "

I hope the resolution is as easy as placing the Generic assignment to a
different area. I have watched the Generic.Page_Lo ad execute AFTER the
Container.Page_ Load, so I assumed the controls were available.

Thank you

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hello John,

From your description, you have some TextBox and Button controls in a
concrete page(apply a certain master page) and you're wondering how to set
the entire page form's "DefaultFoc us" and "DefaultBut ton" as the certain
Textbox and Button in content page, correct?

Based on my research, if you want to set "DefaultBut ton" and "DefaultFoc us"
of Htmlform in master page case, you need to use code to do it
programmaticall y. Also, the value you specified for the
HtmlForm.Defaul tButton and HtmlForm.Defaul tFocus are also different from
normal scenario. here is a blog article mentioned this(in the comments)

#Default Focus, Buttons and Validation Errors with ASP.NET 2.0
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archi...04/421647.aspx

I have tested on my local environment, and here is what you need to do in
content page:

** use control.UniqueI D for HtmlForm.Defaul tButton
** use control.ClientI D for HtmlForm.Defaul tFocus

here is the complete code of the test content page:

========content aspx==========
<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile= "~/masters/site.master"
AutoEventWireup ="true" CodeFile="concr etepage1.aspx.c s"
Inherits="concr ete_concretepag e1" "%>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHol derID="ContentP laceHolder1"
Runat="Server">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"> </asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button 1_Click"
Text="Button" /><br />
<hr />
<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" Height="50px" Width="125px"
BorderStyle="so lid" BorderColor="bl ack">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"> </asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" OnClick="Button 2_Click"
Text="Button" />
<asp:ImageButto n ID="ImageButton 1" runat="server"
ImageUrl="http://static.asp.net/asp.net/images/MicrosoftASPNET .gif"
OnClick="ImageB utton1_Click" /></asp:Panel>
</asp:Content>

=========conten t codebehind===== ===
public partial class concrete_concre tepage1 : System.Web.UI.P age
{
protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{

Page.Form.Defau ltButton = ImageButton1.Un iqueID;
Page.Form.Defau ltFocus = TextBox2.Client ID;

}
protected void Button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write( "Button1_Click. .........");
}
protected void Button2_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write( "Button2_Click. .........");
}
protected void ImageButton1_Cl ick(object sender, ImageClickEvent Args e)
{
Response.Write( "ImageButton1_C lick.........." );
}
}
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Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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