Here's a C# function you can call to have a page set focus when the page is
displayed:
protected void SetFocus(WebControl wc)
{
StringBuilder sScript = new StringBuilder("");
sScript.Append("<script language='javascript'>");
sScript.Append(" document.getElementById('" + wc.UniqueID + "').focus()");
sScript.Append("</script>");
Page.RegisterStartupScript("Focus", sScript.ToString());
}
All you need to do is call this function before posting the page. Should do
what you need.
"Kairi Zikpin" <zikkai.nospam.@netscape.net> wrote in message
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use javascript
once the page hits the browser, .net is no longer at play
eg, object.onfocus(), set some hidden field to the control's name
once the page is back to the browser, use javascript again to set focus
it's a lot of work but that's the only way i've found that works. just
be careful about objects no longer being on the form or being disabled.
Marco Liedekerken wrote: Hi,
Is it possible to retrieve the control that had the focus when the page
was posted back?
Because the focus is lost when a postback occurs I want to manually set
the focus to the control that previously had the focus (smartnavigation
doesn't do the trick).
Thanks, Marco