Getting focus of an insert column

[Chad Johnson]

Ok, so here is what's going on.  I created a radgrid with a radtoolbar within it.  When I begin an insert, I wish to make the textbox that appears for the name to have the focus of the page.  Here is what I have thus far.

protected void rgdStatusList_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if ((e.Item is Telerik.Web.UI.GridEditFormInsertItem) && (e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted))
            {
                Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataInsertItem insertItem = (Telerik.Web.UI.GridDataInsertItem)e.Item;
                (insertItem["StatusDescription"].Controls[0] as TextBox).Focus();
            }
        }

This is the example I found on this site to set the focus, but that didn't do anything for my grid.  Is there another way to do it?  Thanks.

[Shinu]

Hi Chad,

Are you using InPlace editform type? If so try the following code snippet to set the focus for the textbox in insert mode.

CS:

 protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.Item is GridDataInsertItem) && (e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted))
        {
            GridDataInsertItem insertitm = (GridDataInsertItem)e.Item;
            TextBox txtbx = (TextBox)insertitm["UniqueName"].Controls[0];
            txtbx.Focus();
        }
    }

Thanks
Shinu.

[Chad Johnson]

Unfortunately, that is pretty much the same solution I had before.  I tried the same thing, and still it didn't work.  Is there possibly a way to set it clientside?

[Sebastian]

Hello Chad,

You can try the javascript solution  for setting focus in grid editor presented in this article from the online documentation:

http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grdsetfocusontextboxesineditcontrol.html

Best regards,
Stephen
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[Chad Johnson]

Thank you for your reply, but again, that didn't help.  My grid has no controls within itself, other than a checkbox.  I'm just wanting the first insert field (EditMode is InPlace btw, if it matters) to get the focus.

[Sebastian]

Hi Chad,

When you use InPlace edit mode you will need to modify the code a bit since the control which you will reference will reside in the actual GridDataItem instead of GridEditFormItem, i.e.:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
   {
       //item is in edit mode or new item is about to be inserted
        if ((e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)|| e.Item.ItemIndex == -1)
       {
         RadGrid1.Controls.Add( new LiteralControl(String.Format( "<script type='text/javascript'>document.getElementById('{0}').focus();document.getElementById('{0}').select();</script>", ((e.Item as GridEditableItem)["<MyFirstColumnUniqueName>"].Controls[0] as TextBox).ClientID));
       }
   }

Let me know whether this helps. You may also use the Focus() server method of the ASP.NET framework and test whether disabling the ajax for the grid (if the control is ajaxified in your case) makes a difference.

Best regards,

Stephen
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