Hi,

I have created a web form with VB .Net in Visual Studio.Net.

I have a textbox on the form, which allows an entry only when a button is pressed. I need to set the focus to that textbox so the cursor blinks in the textbox when the button is pressed, so as to prompt the user to fill in the textbox.

In VB6 I used SetFocus in a windows form for a textbox, is their an equivelant to this in VB .Net, so far I cannot find it!

Thanks


VBMazza

No, there is equivalent because it's a client-side operation. You need to send some JS to the client to do this when the page loads:

document.getElementById('txtMyTextBox').focus();

This will work when your textbox lives on the web form itself. (If the textbox is in a user control, it's a bit more tricky.

-Peter