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Setting focus after postback

Hi,

I have looked on the net for examples of what I am trying to do, but needing help. Basically After a postback (note this could be from buttons to lstbox item changed)

Once this is done, I would like to set the browser to focus on a certain area. Does not need to have an active curson in a text box for example.

Any help to get this sorted, will be appreciated.

Regards,

intorlux

ASP.Net C#

ajolly

do you want to focus some specific control?

introlux

ASKER

i.e. the gridview, or where the button was clicked, or even a text box.

These type of items

ajolly

use TextBox1.Focus();

introlux

ASKER

What would you do with a gridview?

ajolly

GridView1.Focus();

introlux

ASKER

the gridview does not work. keeps browser at top screen

ajolly

or alternatively you can use:

Write following function in your codebehind and for every control call this function which needs to be focused.

private void Set_Focus(string controlname)
{
string strScript;
strScript = "<script language=javascript> document.all('" + controlname + "').focus() </script>";
RegisterStartupScript("focus", strScript);
}

Source: http://forums.devarticles.com/net-development-43/setting-textbox-focus-in-c-56162.html

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introlux

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Error:

CS1501: No overload for method 'Set_Focus' takes '0' arguments

Set_Focus();

ajolly

avoid javascript method for now.
Implement the scroll position method.

for information:
To make the javascript work, you need to pass the client id of the control that you want to set focus as an argument.

introlux

ASKER

Thank you! This does more or less what I need. As I can use the other method such as txtText1.focus(); if i need a text box curser in there. Thanks again for your help!