Set focus to a control on Page_Load

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

Howdy,

-- BEGIN CODE --

public static void SetFocus(Control control)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder script = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

script.Append("\r\n<script language='JavaScript'>\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.HtmlControls.HtmlForm))
parent = parent.Parent;

script.Append(parent.ClientID);
script.Append("['");
script.Append(control.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.RegisterClientScriptBlock("SetFocusScript",
script.ToString());
}

-- END CODE --

 

[Christopher Reed]

If you're using 1.x, you have to build your own using Javascript. The Focus
method is available in 2.0.

 

[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