How To Focus Textbox

[mmb]

IN ASP.NET application how to bring the Cursor in the textbox (server control) at the start of the application.

 

[levyuk]

Have a quick look at this and see if it helps, it looks promising http://weblogs.asp.net/mnolton/archive/2003/05/15/7070.aspx

 

[Paszt]

That link shows C# code. In case you need it, here's the VB.NET translation:

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    SetFocus(TextBox2)
End Sub

Protected Sub SetFocus(ByVal ctrl As System.Web.UI.Control)
    Dim s As String = "<SCRIPT language='javascript'>document.getElementById('" _
      & ctrl.ID & "').focus() </SCRIPT>"
    Me.RegisterStartupScript("focus", s)
End Sub

The method RegisterStartupScript allows ASP.NET server controls to emit client-side script blocks (in this case javaScript) in the System.Web.UI.Page.