[RESOLVED] [2005] How to select all text in a gridview textbox ?

[nUflAvOrS]

I'm using following code try to achieve my work but it doesn't work.

Dim descTB As TextBox
                Dim strScript As String
                descTB = .Rows(.EditIndex).Cells(2).FindControl("txtdesc")
                descTB.Focus()
 
strScript = "<script language=""JavaScript"">" & vbCrLf & _
                             vbTab & descTB.ID & ".Select();" & _
                             vbCrLf & "<" & "/script>"
                Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(String), "HighLightText", strScript)

What is my problem ?
Can anyone help me to figure out.

Thanks

[gep13]

Hey,

I forget exactly how this works, but am I not right in saying that even though the ID of the TextBox is TextBox1, when it gets rendered to the page, it is something like GridView1_Ctrl01_TextBox1, this is to ensure that since the TextBox is repeated multiple times in the GridView that the ID remains unique.

You can verify this in the source of the page by manually looking for the textbox.

In which case, I think you should be using the ClientID in the above, not the ID:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr....clientid.aspx

Hope that helps!!

Gary

[nUflAvOrS]

Really appreciate your help,

I had tried the solution you were provided to me.

the output of strScript is

"<script language="JavaScript">
    ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_MasterT_grdStatusMaster_ctl02_txtDesc.Select();
</script>"

It doesn't work

[gep13]

Hey,

Did you verify that there is actually a control called that it actually rendered? You can check that just by looking at the view source of the page.

Also, my javascript isn't great, so this could be completely off, but I think I am right in saying that javascript doesn't have a .Select, but rather a .Focus.

Give that a try and see how you get on.

Gary

[mendhak]

1.
"<script language="JavaScript">
2.
ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_MasterT_grdStatusMaster_ctl02_txtDesc.Select();
3.
</script>"

That's wrong, it should be

      "<script language="JavaScript">
   
          document.getElementById('ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_MasterT_grdStatusMaster_ctl02_txtDesc').Select();
   
      </script>"

You'll have to change your generated javascript to include the document.getElementById() bit. You may also have to call .focus() first, before .select().

[gep13]

Oops, good point, never spotted that

[nUflAvOrS]

Thanks all of you,

I have did the amendment based on the advice from mendnak and gep13.
The code as below.

Dim strScript As String
                descTB = .Rows(.EditIndex).Cells(2).FindControl("txtdesc")
                'descTB.Focus()
 
                strScript = "<script language=""JavaScript"">" & vbCrLf & _
                             vbTab & "document.getElementById('" & descTB.ClientID & "')" & ".focus();" & _
                              vbCrLf & vbTab & "document.getElementById('" & descTB.ClientID & "')" & ".Select();" & _
                             vbCrLf & "<" & "/script>"
                Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(String), "HighLightText", strScript)

The textbox focus is work fine but it will not select all text inside the textbox.

So still cannot work.

[gep13]

Hey,

I believe I am correct in saying that:

.Select()

should be:

.select()

Remember, javascript is case sensitive. Depending on what browser you are using, remember to enable all javascript errors, as this time of things would show up in the error console.

Hope that helps!!

Gary

[nUflAvOrS]

Thanks Mendnak and gep13.

I realized that javascript is case sensitive. A upper case "S" wasted my 2 days. LoL.......

[mendhak]

Doesn't VS 2005 have javascript intellisense?

[gep13]

It does to an extent, but it is far better in 2008.

And in this case the JavaScript is being created as a RegisterStartupScript, so you wouldn't get intellisense at that point.