Setting focus to TextBox

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Simon Cheng - 26 Nov 2005 05:14 GMT

Hi,,

Is there a way to set focus to an System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox control
on a web form? The class doesn't seem to provide such facility? Basically I
want to set input cursor to a TextBox when the page is first loaded or after
the user submit invalid data.

Thanks,
- Simon

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Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD] - 27 Nov 2005 01:41 GMT

You can set focus to a particular control with the Javascript "focus"
method.

In ASP.NET 2.0 its even easier.

Here are all the details:
http://SteveOrr.net/faq/2in1.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net

> Hi,,
>
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> Thanks,
> - Simon

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Simon Cheng - 27 Nov 2005 22:17 GMT

Thanks! ASP.NET 2.0's DefaultButton only supports (well) Button control. Is
there an equivalent for TextBox control?

-Simon

> You can set focus to a particular control with the Javascript "focus"
> method.
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>> Thanks,
>> - Simon

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