Web Control TextBox Selection during PreRender

Paul C.

Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to select
all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to do
this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(), but
I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range. I
am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().

The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
ideas on how to do this?

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Paul C

Nov 19 '05 #1

Eliyahu Goldin

Paul,

You can do it on client side. Handle body onload event and call select()
method for the <input type=text...> element representing the textbox.

Eliyahu

"Paul C." <ja**@jacostacos.com> wrote in message
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Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to select all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to do
this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(), but I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range. I am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().

The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
ideas on how to do this?

--
Paul C

Nov 19 '05 #2

Paul C.

Eliyahu,

Thank you. I will try it this route.

Paul C.

"Eliyahu Goldin" <re*************@monarchmed.com> wrote in message
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Paul,

You can do it on client side. Handle body onload event and call select()
method for the <input type=text...> element representing the textbox.

Eliyahu

"Paul C." <ja**@jacostacos.com> wrote in message
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Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to

select

all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to
do
this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(),

but

I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range.

I

am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().

The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
ideas on how to do this?

--
Paul C

Nov 19 '05 #3