how do i shift focus?

[dotnetnoob]

when the user log into my application, there is a dialog pop up with some
paramereters that need to set.

a radio button is default to checked and a textbox is right next to it. i
want the cursor or the ibeam to flash on the textbox so user don't have to
click on the textbox in order to enter input. how do i shift the focus?

i have the windows form load even with

this.rdTest.enabled = true;
this.txtTest.enabled = true;
this.txtTest.focus();

but it doesn't show the ibeam on the textbox. Can someone tell me how to do
this?

thank you.

[Ciaran O''Donnell]

txtTest.Select()
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Ciaran O''''Donnell
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"dotnetnoob" wrote:

when the user log into my application, there is a dialog pop up with some
paramereters that need to set.

a radio button is default to checked and a textbox is right next to it. i
want the cursor or the ibeam to flash on the textbox so user don't have to
click on the textbox in order to enter input. how do i shift the focus?

i have the windows form load even with

this.rdTest.enabled = true;
this.txtTest.enabled = true;
this.txtTest.focus();

but it doesn't show the ibeam on the textbox. Can someone tell me how to do
this?

thank you.

[Jani Järvinen [MVP]]

Hello!

txtTest.Select()

Correct, calling the Select method does the trick. Another option would be
to say:

this.ActiveControl = txtTest;

However, the way I read the original poster's question, he/she might also
want to consider setting the tab order correctly, in which case calling
Select in the Form_Load event is not necessary. The easiest way to set the
tab order with Visual Studio is to choose the View/Tab Order menu command on
the form design view, and then click the controls one by one in correct
order. Focus (the "ibeam") will then go to the first-clicked control
automatically without any code.

Also, a note about Focus vs. Select methods. From the class library
reference documentation:

"Focus is a low-level method intended primarily for custom control authors.
Instead, application programmers should use the Select method or the
ActiveControl property [...]"

This in addition to what Ciaran has already said.

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Regards,

Mr. Jani Järvinen
C# MVP
Helsinki, Finland
ja***@removethis.dystopia.fi
http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/