Putting Focus on a textbox and having the Enter key 'click' a button 1

[DotNetter]

I have a textbox (along with a "submit" command-button and a couple other controls) in a UserControl which, in turn, sits on a form.

I am trying to give the textbox Focus when the UserControl loads. In the constructor of the UserControl, I do a [tt]txtFilter.Focus()[/tt] but it doesn't work. (In case it matters, I can't really tell where the Focus actually is.) The user of my application must still manually go and click on the textbox to enter text there.

Also, I want the "submit" button to be able to be "clicked" by pressing the Enter button after the user's entered text into the textbox.

How do I do these two things, please?

Thanks!
Dot

 

[TipGiver]

Do: txtFilter.Select() for the focus
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Click on the form, find the property "AcceptButton" and put the txtFilter

 

[DotNetter]

TipGiver,

Thanks for replying!

1) What's the difference between "Select" and "Focus"?
2) When I click on the form - the property "AcceptButton" doesn't list my button (which is on the UserControl, not the form) as a choice.

Thanks,
Dot

 

[ThatRickGuy]

use the Visible_changed event on the form to set the txtFilter.focus

The look in the properties of the form for 'AcceptButton' and set it to the Submit Button.

-Rick

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[TipGiver]

Else just set the tabIndex to 0. Be careful not to exist more than one controls with the 0 value at tabIndex. More than one controls in the same container can have the same tabIndex.

And if you wonder, for the Esc button just set the "CancelButton" property on the form.


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[TipGiver]

2) click on the form (System.Windows.Forms.Form)

 

[ThatRickGuy]

2) When I click on the form - the property "AcceptButton" doesn't list my button (which is on the UserControl, not the form) as a choice.

In the form's constructor add me.acceptbutton = [userControlObject].[button]

That will require the button to be declared as Public Withevents on the user control.

-Rick

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[DotNetter]

Thanks, everyone!

Rick - I used both of your suggestions - thanks much!

Dot