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Listing 2.9 - TextBoxFocus.aspx

Illustrates how to shift browser focus onto a TextBox control.

Listing 2.9 - TextBoxFocus.aspx (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    void Page_Load()
    {
        txtFirstName.Focus();
    }
    
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>TextBox Focus</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        
    <asp:Label
        id="lblFirstName"
        Text="First Name:"
        AssociatedControlID="txtFirstName"
        Runat="server" />
    <br />
    <asp:TextBox
        id="txtFirstName"
        AutoCompleteType="FirstName"
        Runat="server" />    
    <br /><br />    
    <asp:Label
        id="lblLastname"
        Text="Last Name:"
        AssociatedControlID="txtLastName"
        Runat="server" />
    <br />
    <asp:TextBox
        id="txtLastName"
        AutoCompleteType="LastName"
        Runat="server" />    
    <br /><br />
    <asp:Button
        id="btnSubmit"
        Text="Submit"
        Runat="server" />    

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>