Silly Windows Forms Question

[kalantre]

Hello,

I have a Windows form that displays some data from a database. The only
two controls worth talking about are one ComboBox and one Rich Text Control.

When I show the dialog, the focus goes straight to the ComboBox. I set a
txtBox.Focus() for the FormLoad but that doesn't do the job...

Could you please help me out?

Thanks,
Kalantre

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi kalantre,

If you have Visual Studio you can specify the tab order in one of the
menus.
I forget which one and can't check it right now.
If you don't have Visual Studio, simply make sure that you add the textbox
to
this.Controls.Add();
before you add the ComboBox.

Hope this helps,
Morten

 

[kalantre]

Hi Morten,

Thank you for your quick response.

I am using Visual Studio. I changed the TabIndex of all controls -
making the textbox index 2 and combobox index 1, and the other way
around. Whatever I do, the ComboBox gets the focus.

Could the fact that both these controls sit on two separate panels make
any difference?

Thanks again,
Kalantre

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi kalantre,

yes, separate panels would have everything to do with it. You need to set
the tab order for the top level controls first.
It should be something like:

TextBoxPanel - [0]
TextBox - [0,0]

ComboBoxPanel - [1]
ComboBox - [1,0]

Hope this helps,
Morten