How do you set focus to a control

[Kelly Dykster]

HI
A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net
Thanks in Advance

Kelly Dykste

[jim]

Hi Kelly,

in your forms load event...

\\\
TextBox1.Focus()
///

hope this helps,

jim
"Kelly Dykster" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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HI,
A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net. Thanks in Advance.

Kelly Dykster

[Kelly D.]

Thanks jim, but i have tried it and it desn't do what i like it to do. I want when the form opens the IBeam Cursor start at the textbox and texbox.focus doesn't do it for me.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "jim" <james_matthews_at_shi_dotcom> scripsit:

in your forms load event...

\\\
TextBox1.Focus()
///

'Load' is executed before the form is shown, so no focus can be set.

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "=?Utf-8?B?S2VsbHkgRHlrc3Rlcg==?=" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> scripsit:

A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net.

Assign the control the lowest 'TabIndex' on the form.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/>

..NET FAQs: <http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/dotnet/faqs/> (German)

[Kelly]

Thanks for the great hint. That was my problem!