Set focus in form.Activated event

[Lars Black]

I have a form that is created when my application starts. Whenever I want to
show the form, I call ShowDialog from my main form.

On the sub form, I have assigned the Activated event to a FormActivated
method. This is done to set some default values whenever the form is show'd.
The last thing in my FormActivated method is a SetFocus() on a textbox to
set the default focus to this control and also highlight (select) the text
in it.

Th problem is however, that is seems like something else is happening after
the Activated event has finished. I can see that the control is focused and
selected but only for a short while, the the form has no focused field
anymore.

private void InitializeComponent()
{
Activated += new System.EventHandler(FormActivate);
}


private void FormActivate(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
teStartTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString();
teStartTime.Focus();
}


What am I missing here?

Cheers,
Lars

 

[Katie Schaeffer [MSFT]]

Hi Lars,

Try latching into the Form.GotFocus event, and applying focus to your
textbox then.

-Katie

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| I have a form that is created when my application starts. Whenever I want
to
| show the form, I call ShowDialog from my main form.
|
| On the sub form, I have assigned the Activated event to a FormActivated
| method. This is done to set some default values whenever the form is
show'd.
| The last thing in my FormActivated method is a SetFocus() on a textbox to
| set the default focus to this control and also highlight (select) the text
| in it.
|
| Th problem is however, that is seems like something else is happening
after
| the Activated event has finished. I can see that the control is focused
and
| selected but only for a short while, the the form has no focused field
| anymore.
|
| private void InitializeComponent()
| {
| Activated += new System.EventHandler(FormActivate);
| }
|
|
| private void FormActivate(Object sender, EventArgs e)
| {
| teStartTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString();
| teStartTime.Focus();
| }
|
|
| What am I missing here?
|
| Cheers,
| Lars
|
|
|

 

[Tomer]

If you'll use the Form.GotFocus event you'll have a problem each time a
messagebox apears and steal the form's focus, and after that return the
focus back.

my suggestion is to not to use the showdialog method and use the show method
instead, and right after that do the OnShow stuff.

Tomer.