Can't show blinking cursor when page opens

olypost · Oct 6, 2005

Hi, I have a very simple asp.net web form page with 3 textboxes and a submit button. When I open this page, there is no cursor appearing in any of the 3 textboxes. When I open the page in a browser, I can manually mouse-click into any of the textboxes, and then the cursor appears (but not blinking).

How do I get the page to open and default with a blinking cursor in one of the 3 textboxes, like when you go to google.com?

Thanks.

ca8msm · Oct 7, 2005

You have to use javascript. e.g.

Code:

		<script language="JavaScript">
			function setFocus()
			{
				document.Form1.MyTextBox.focus();
			}
		</script>

	<body onload="setFocus()">

You can also use Page.RegisterStartUpScript and register a script like the one above if you want to dynamically set which control has focus.

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