Set focus to a control on Page_Load

[Tedmond]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me how to set focus to particular control on Page_Load() in
ASP.Net? I could not find any Control.Focus() method.

Thanks for any help!

Tedmond

[Milosz Skalecki]

Howdy,

-- BEGIN CODE --

public static void SetFocus(Contro l control)
{
System.Text.Str ingBuilder script = new System.Text.Str ingBuilder();

script.Append(" \r\n<script language='JavaS cript'>\r\n");
script.Append(" <!--\r\n");
script.Append(" function OnWindowLoad()\ r\n");
script.Append(" {\r\n");
script.Append(" \tdocument.");

Control parent = control.Parent;

// get parent form id
while (!(parent is System.Web.UI.H tmlControls.Htm lForm))
parent = parent.Parent;

script.Append(p arent.ClientID) ;
script.Append("['");
script.Append(c ontrol.UniqueID );
script.Append(" '].focus();\r\n") ;
script.Append(" }\r\n");
script.Append(" window.onload = OnWindowLoad;\r \n");
script.Append("// -->\r\n");
script.Append(" </script>");

control.Page.Re gisterClientScr iptBlock("SetFo cusScript",
script.ToString ());
}

-- END CODE --

--
Milosz Skalecki
MCP, MCAD
"Tedmond" wrote:

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me how to set focus to particular control on Page_Load() in
ASP.Net? I could not find any Control.Focus() method.

Thanks for any help!

Tedmond

[Christopher Reed]

If you're using 1.x, you have to build your own using Javascript. The Focus
method is available in 2.0.
--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

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Hi all,

Can anyone tell me how to set focus to particular control on Page_Load()
in
ASP.Net? I could not find any Control.Focus() method.

Thanks for any help!

Tedmond

[Kris]

Hi Tedmond,

Set the TabIndex of the control (Which needs focus) to 0, and set all
the remaining controls TabIndex to consequent numbers.

This worked for me.

Cheers,
Kris