Does anyone know how to move to the next control when SmartNavigation is enabled. When I post back to the server, I get the focus set to the current textbox (as it should), but I would like to move to the next textbox automatically if this is possibly without having to code it myself. Since this is an onchange event and posts back to the server when the control loses focus, it makes more sense to not make the user tab twice to go to the next control.

Thanks.

J

SmartNavigation is a bit of a misnomer. And it can be a bit of a pain sometimes.
You'll have to code that part yourself. You can preset the focus to any control by writing out a little javascript. Use the RegisterStartupString method of the page to write out the script. You'll need to write out a complete chunk of script including the <script> tags. In the construction of your script, output the clientID of the control you want to advance to, and set it's focus property:

System.Text.StringBuilder sScript = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
sScript.Append("<script language=\"JavaScript\">");
sScript.AppendFormat("document.getElementById({0}) .focus();", ctlMyControl.ClientID);
sScript.Append("</script>");
RegisterStartupScript("focusadvance", sScript.ToString());

The only problem I could foresee with this is the interaction with SmartNavigation. It's possible that there could be problems with that, but I guess you'll have to try it and see.

Peter
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Work smarter, not harder.

Thanks Peter,

Just another question. What does the {0} stand for? Is it formatting? I have seen this in several examples in books but it never says what this is supposed to represent (at least not where I can find it). Here are some examples:

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Response.Output.Write("Current date and time: {0}", DateTime.Now.ToString())
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And:

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For f = 50.0 To 99.0 Step 1.0
  Response.Output.Write("<tr><td>{0}</td><td>{1:f}</td></tr>", f, CallFunction(f))
Next
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Any place where I could read up on it would be appreciated. Thanks again.

J

The {x} is a replacement token. The standard Format() method supports up to 3 argumented replacement objects:

newString = String.Format("{0} {1} {2}.", "This", "goes", "here")

which results in "This goes here." If you want to use more than three items, you can put in more tokens and use just the second argument to the function, passing in a object array. As long as you have enough items in the array to match all the tokens it will work.

You can use the inside of the replacement token for formatting specifics. Take a look at the MSDN Formatting Overview for more.

Peter
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Work smarter, not harder.