on button click form moves to the top

[gjtired]

Hi,

When I click a button or dropdown box at the bottom of the web form the
focus shifts to the top of the form. What can I do to make it stay
where it is at?

Thanks

Gayle

[pete K]

I think you have to check for Page.IsPostBack in the Page_Load function. So
something like:

private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventsAr gs e)
{
if (Page.IsPostBac k == false)
{
// Code goes here.
}
}

That'll keep the page from reloading everytime you change a selection in the
dropdown box.

"gjtired" wrote:

Hi,

When I click a button or dropdown box at the bottom of the web form the
focus shifts to the top of the form. What can I do to make it stay
where it is at?

Thanks

Gayle

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

You can turn on SmartNavigation , although under certain circumstances that
can prove problematic. Here's how I take care of it in ASP.NET 1.1 (in
ASP.NET 2.0, you have special overloads that don't require separate code for
this issue):

// in Global.asax.cs:

public class Global : System.Web.Http Application
{

// insert static SetFocus method here, just below the class Global
declaration:
public static void SetFocus(System .Web.UI.Page webPage)
{
string[] pbCtrl = webPage.Page.Re quest.Form.GetV alues("__EVENTT ARGET");
if (pbCtrl != null && pbCtrl.Length > 0)
{
string ctrlId;
ctrlId = pbCtrl[0];
System.Web.UI.C ontrol ctrlFound = webPage.Page.Fi ndControl(ctrlI d);
if ((ctrlFound != null) &&
(
ctrlFound is System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Drop DownList ||
ctrlFound is System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box ||
ctrlFound is System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Radi oButton ||
ctrlFound is System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Radi oButtonList))
{
string ctrlClientId;
ctrlClientId = ctrlFound.Clien tID;
string strScript;
strScript = "<SCRIPT language=\"java script\"> document.getEle mentById('" +
ctrlClientId + "').focus() ; document.getEle mentById('"
+ ctrlClientId + "').scrollIntoV iew(true) </SCRIPT>";
webPage.Page.Re gisterStartupSc ript("controlFo cus",strScript );
}
}
}

// In your Page_Load handler for (any page:
private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
// insert this conditional call to the SetFocus Method:
if(IsPostBack) Global.SetFocus (this);

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"gjtired" wrote:

Hi,

When I click a button or dropdown box at the bottom of the web form the
focus shifts to the top of the form. What can I do to make it stay
where it is at?

Thanks

Gayle

[gjtired]

I had a if (!IsPostBack)
{
//code
}

I tried it your way and it still does the same thing. Below is what I
have.

private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
if (Page.IsPostBac k == false)
{
// copies Task and TaskType index from TaskToPerform.a spx
txtTaskType.Tex t=Request.Query String["TaskType"];
txtTask.Text=Re quest.QueryStri ng["Task"];

//Fill drpQuestionType
sqlConnection1. Open();
daQuestionType. Fill(dsMain1.Qu estionType);
DataTable dtQuestionType = dsMain1.Tables["QuestionTy pe"];
//Make type of question invisible if editing a question
//lblTypeQuestion .Visible = false;
drpTypeQuest.Vi sible = false;

//fills the drpTypeQuest
foreach (DataRow dataRow in dtQuestionType. Rows)
{

ListItem questtype= new ListItem();

questtype.Text= dataRow["QuestionType_O ption"].ToString().Tri m();
questtype.Value =dataRow["QuestionType_I D"].ToString().Tri m();
drpTypeQuest.It ems.Add(questty pe);
} //end foreach loop

string sqlEdit="SELECT * " +
"FROM BTForm " +
"WHERE BTForm_Status = 'Active' " +
"Order By BTForm_Name";

SqlDataAdapter daEdit=new SqlDataAdapter( sqlEdit, sqlConnection1) ;
dsMain1.BTForm. Clear();
daEdit.Fill(dsM ain1.BTForm);
DataTable BTFormDT = dsMain1.Tables["BTForm"];

//fills the drpSelectForm
foreach (DataRow BTFormRow in BTFormDT.Rows)
{

ListItem newBTForm= new ListItem();

newBTForm.Text= BTFormRow["BTForm_Nam e"].ToString().Tri m();
newBTForm.Value =BTFormRow["BTForm_ID"].ToString().Tri m();
drpSelectForm.I tems.Add(newBTF orm);
} //end foreach loop
sqlConnection1. Close();
}//end ispostback if
}//Page_Load