firsttime focus

how can I give focus to a textbox when the application starts?
where should i put the code 'textbox1.focus()?
thanks in advance

couldnt you just set the tabindex of it to 0?
you could also put textbox.focus () in form_load, couldnt you?

hi Mr.Polite

I placed some textboxes in a tabControl and made the tabindex of a textbox to 0.
but it didn't work. why?
it's working otherwise

Actually instead of SetFocus its now called Select() but setting the TabIndex to 0 should work.

but setting tabindex to 0 for a textbox which is placed in a tabcontrol is not getting focus. do u know why?

by the way
Instead of setfocus it's object.focus() in vb.net right?
i think select method is used to make a selection of the contents of a textbox. right?

but setting tabindex to 0 for a textbox which is placed in a tabcontrol is not getting focus. do u know why?

by the way
Instead of setfocus it's object.focus() in vb.net right?
i think select method is used to select a range of text in textbox. right?

errrrrrrrrm, here's a really dumb way to do it. Since no one else can think of the correct way:D :

VB Code:

Private Sub TabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TabControl1.SelectedIndexChanged
        Dim firstCtrl, ctrl As Control
 
        For Each ctrl In TabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls
            If firstCtrl Is Nothing  OrElse (ctrl.TabIndex < firstCtrl.TabIndex) Then
                firstCtrl = ctrl
            End If
        Next
 
        If Not firstCtrl Is Nothing Then firstCtrl.Focus()
    End Sub

ha ha! thank you very much Mr.Polite. But ....
should we really write that much code for that?
any way thanks

I dont think you need all that code. Just put

VB Code:

textBox1.Focus()

in the form load event.

Quote:

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Originally posted by DevGrp
I dont think you need all that code. Just put

VB Code:

textBox1.Focus()

in the form load event.

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well, he wants the control to have the focus as the tabs are selected. I wrote the code like that so it would select the control with the lowest tabindex, everytime you select a different tab. This works even if you dont know the name of the control with the lowest tabindex in each tab

This is how to set focus

Private Sub Form_activate()
text1.setfocus
End Sub


text1 refering to which textbox you wish to focus on.

Do this in order of forms that appear and on those forms which
boxes you wish to start the sequence of tabs with.