Setting focus on a control when the form is loaded

[Aung Thu]

Hi, there!

I want to set focus on a control, of which TabIndex is not the first, when a
form is loaded. In the form's load event, I have used Control.Focus() but it
doesn't not work. The focus is not on the control I set. The focus is always
on the control of which TabIndex is 0.

Thanks.

[Nathan Sokalski]

If you always want the same control to be given focus when the form loads,
the best (and easiest) way would be to use JavaScript. To do this, simply
add the following to you Body tag:

OnLoad="mycontrol.focus();"

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"Aung Thu" <Au*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi, there!

I want to set focus on a control, of which TabIndex is not the first, when
a
form is loaded. In the form's load event, I have used Control.Focus() but
it
doesn't not work. The focus is not on the control I set. The focus is
always
on the control of which TabIndex is 0.

Thanks.

[Aung Thu]

Thanks, Nathan.

Sorry, I forgot to mention about my application. It is Windows application,
not Web Form.

Base on the different condition, I need to set the initial focus on the
specific control when the form is loaded. So I tried the ControlName.Focus()
in the Load event of the form. But it doesn't work. How should I do to get it?

Thanks.

"Nathan Sokalski" wrote:

If you always want the same control to be given focus when the form loads,
the best (and easiest) way would be to use JavaScript. To do this, simply
add the following to you Body tag:

OnLoad="mycontrol.focus();"

--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Aung Thu" <Au*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi, there!

I want to set focus on a control, of which TabIndex is not the first, when
a
form is loaded. In the form's load event, I have used Control.Focus() but
it
doesn't not work. The focus is not on the control I set. The focus is
always
on the control of which TabIndex is 0.

Thanks.

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Aung,

Did you try it in the activated event of the form?

I hope this helps,

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Aung Thu" <Au*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I want to set focus on a control, of which TabIndex is not the first, when
a
form is loaded. In the form's load event, I have used Control.Focus() but
it
doesn't not work. The focus is not on the control I set. The focus is
always
on the control of which TabIndex is 0.

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Private Sub Form1_Activated( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs _
) Handles MyBase.Activated
Static IsActivated As Boolean
If Not IsActivated Then
IsActivated = True
Application.DoEvents() ' ...
Me.TextBox1.Focus()
End If
End Sub
///

In .NET 2.0 Windows Forms forms have a 'Shown' event.

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