Page.SetFocus Method (Control)
Sets the browser focus to the specified control.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Parameters
- control
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Type:
System.Web.UI.Control
The control to receive focus.
| Exception | Condition |
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| ArgumentNullException | control is null. |
| InvalidOperationException | SetFocus is called when the control is not part of a Web Forms page. - or - SetFocus is called after the PreRender event. |
Use the SetFocus method to make the specified control the active control on the Web page displayed by the browser. The SetFocus method must be called before the page is prepared for rendering to the client in the PreRender event.
Note |
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The SetFocus method will work only on browsers supporting ECMAScript version 1.3 or later. |
The following code example sets the focus to the second text box on a Web page.
Security Note
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This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview. |
<%@ page language="VB" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) SetFocus(focusHere) End Sub </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:textbox id="default" runat="server" /><br /> <asp:textbox id="focusHere" runat="server" /> </form> </body> </html>
Available since 2.0

