HI
A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net
Thanks in Advance

Kelly Dykste

Hi Kelly,

in your forms load event...

\\\
TextBox1.Focus()
///

hope this helps,

jim
"Kelly Dykster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5508BC65-1FB5-4C56-B1D5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> HI,
> A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the
forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net.
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Kelly Dykster
>

Thanks jim, but i have tried it and it desn't do what i like it to do. I want when the form opens the IBeam Cursor start at the textbox and texbox.focus doesn't do it for me.

* "=?Utf-8?B?S2VsbHkgRHlrc3Rlcg==?=" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> A very simple question. I like to set the focus to a TextBox when the forms opens. How do you do that in Vb.net.

Assign the control the lowest 'TabIndex' on the form.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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* "jim" <james_matthews_at_shi_dotcom> scripsit:
> in your forms load event...
>
> \\\
> TextBox1.Focus()
> ///

'Load' is executed before the form is shown, so no focus can be set.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/>

..NET FAQs: <http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/dotnet/faqs/> (German)

Thanks for the great hint. That was my problem!