Need help with focus() in a datagrid!

[iRead]

I’m trying to set the focus to the first textbox of the row I’m editing in a datagrid when I press the edit button on the row. Problem is I don’t know how to reference the textbox.

I’ve tried:
// Set the script to focus and select the TextBox

ltlScript = "((TextBox)e.Item.Cells[1].Controls[1]).focus()";
and
ltlScript = "('DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, 'FirstName')').focus()";

neither work. Any suggestions on this?

Thank you!
iRead

 

[obislavu]

If the "firstName" is the 2nd column in the DataGrid and it is bound as a TextBox then you can access it by:

  TextBox firstNameText = (TextBox)e.Item.Cells[1].Controls[0];

If the 'firstName" is the first column in the DataGrid then the TextBox control is accessed by:

TextBox firstNameText = (TextBox)e.Item.Cells[0].Controls[0];

If the column is bound as a TextBox then is always the 0th control in a cell's Controls collection.
-obislavu-