Set the cursor on the first control in the web form

[Felix_WafyTech]

Hi,

I want to set the tab order for the controls in the web form. How do I set
it? Setting the TabIndex doesn't seem to work. I just need the first control
to have the focus when opening the form. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Felix.J

[Bruce Barker]

in client script use the focus() method. version 2 of asp.net has a server
side method to emit the client script.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

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Hi,

I want to set the tab order for the controls in the web form. How do I set
it? Setting the TabIndex doesn't seem to work. I just need the first
control
to have the focus when opening the form. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Felix.J

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Felix,

As for the ASP.NET webcontrols, they're rendered as raw html elements on
web page when transfered to client browser and not all the html elements
support tab index, some ones like html button or textbox should support
this. Also, as Bruce has mentioned, if you're using ASP.NET 2.0, you can
use the Page.SetFocus method to set focus for a web server control on the
web page.

#Page.SetFocus Method
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...etfocus(VS.80).
aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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