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How to set focus to RadTextBox in RadGrid EditForm

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John Mann asked on 19 Feb 2015, 10:38 PM

I have a RadGrid that uses an EditForm template in order to lay the controls out according to the wishes of the customer. I have not been able to get the RadTextBox within the template to receive focus when it goes into edit mode.

<telerik:RadGrid ID="rgComments" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="100%" AllowSorting="True" CellSpacing="0" GridLines="None" Height="455px">

<MasterTableView CommandItemDisplay="Top" CommandItemSettings-AddNewRecordText="Add Comment" CommandItemSettings-ShowRefreshButton="true" TableLayout="Fixed" EditMode="EditForms" DataKeyNames="iNoteID,qwImageID">

<EditFormSettings EditFormType="Template">

<FormTemplate>

<div style="position: relative; height: 215px; width: 800px;">

<telerik:RadTextBox ID="rtbComment" runat="server" Width="795px" Height="165px" ClientEvents-OnLoad="taComment_onload" />

<asp:ImageButton ID="ibSave" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/Save.png"

CommandName='<%# (Container is GridEditFormInsertItem) ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>' style="position: absolute; left: 10px; top: 180px;" />

<asp:ImageButton ID="ibCancel" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/Cancel.png" CommandName="Cancel" style="position: absolute; left: 70px; top: 180px;" />

</div>

</FormTemplate>

</EditFormSettings>

<Columns>

<telerik:GridEditCommandColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" HeaderStyle-Width="30px" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" EditImageUrl="~/Images/Edit.png" UniqueName="gecEdit" />

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="dtCreateDate" HeaderText="Create Date" HeaderStyle-Width="66" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm}" ReadOnly="True" UniqueName="gbc_dtCreateDate" />

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="cLoginName" HeaderText="Create By" HeaderStyle-Width="66" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" ReadOnly="True" UniqueName="gbc_cLoginName" />

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="cNote" HeaderText="Comment" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" HeaderStyle-Width="500px" MaxLength="1024" UniqueName="gbc_cNote" />

<telerik:GridButtonColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" CommandName="Delete" HeaderStyle-Width="30px" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" ImageUrl="~/Images/Delete.png" UniqueName="bcDelete" />

</Columns>

</MasterTableView>

<ClientSettings><Scrolling AllowScroll="true" /></ClientSettings>

</telerik:RadGrid>

When the form goes into edit mode I want to put the current Comment text into the RadTextBox and set focus there. I am using this code to try and do that.

void rgComments_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

if (e.Item.IsInEditMode && e.Item is GridEditableItem)

{

GridEditableItem item = e.Item as GridEditableItem;

RadTextBox radTextBox = ((RadTextBox)(((GridEditFormItem)(item)).FindControl("rtbComment")));

// It works if I comment out this line, but then control is not populated with the necessary text

radTextBox.Text = ((DataRowView)(((GridItem)(item)).DataItem)).Row["cNote"].ToString();

radTextBox.Focus();

}

I have tried adding a client-side onload event handler for the control to set the focus. It gets called but still won't put focus into the control.

Can you help me figure this out?

John

11 Answers, 1 is accepted

answered on 24 Feb 2015, 01:04 PM

Hello John,

You can use the following approach to achieve this requirement:

<telerik:RadTextBox ... Text='<%# Bind("ShipName") %>' OnLoad="rtbComment_Load" />

C#:

protected void rtbComment_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

(sender as RadTextBox).Focus();

}

Alternatively, you can do that on the client-side:

<telerik:RadTextBox ... Text='<%# Bind("ShipName") %>' ClientEvents-OnLoad="textBoxLoad" />

JavaScript:

function textBoxLoad(sender, args) {

sender.focus();

}

You can also check the following live sample:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/data-editing/form-template-update/defaultcs.aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Eyup
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answered on 24 Feb 2015, 06:03 PM

Thank you for the reply.

Unfortunately it hasn't fixed the problem. I can set focus using the method I had in my original question or either of the methods you provided as long as I don't put any text in the RadTextBox. It doesn't matter if I bind it, add it programmatically or even add static text. I can't both have focus on the control and populate it with text. The live sample you provided does not deal with setting focus on any of the controls. I don't know whether this is relevant, but the grid is in a web user control that is being displayed in a RadWindow.

It's a minor problem, but I am receiving lots of complaints from users about having to do an extra click before they can start typing. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
John

answered on 27 Feb 2015, 01:00 PM

Hi John,

I understand that it will be some effort, however, in order for us to assist you any further in this scenario, we will need you to send us an isolated runnable version of the project demonstrating the problematic behavior. Thus, we will be able to further analyze and debug the project and suggest a proper solution for your specific case.

In this sense, please open a formal support ticket to send us the aforementioned runnable web site sample.

Regards,
Eyup
Telerik

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answered on 09 Jun 2016, 12:44 PM

Hi Konstantin,

Some background.

The C# code below worked in version 2015.3.1111.45, but no longer has any effect in 2016.2.504.45.

protected void grdControls_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

try

{

if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)

{

CommonMethods.SetRaygunData("System Action", "Place focus on first field", ref _raygunCustomData);

var item = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;

var txtName = item.FindControl("txtName") as RadTextBox;

if (txtName == null)

{

CommonMethods.ClearRaygun(RayTitle, ref _raygunTags, ref _raygunCustomData);

return;

}

var script =

string.Format("setTimeout(function(){{var c = $get('{0}'); if(c && c.focus) c.focus();}},1);",

txtName.ClientID);

ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Page, typeof(Page), "key", script, true);

}

if (_isExport && e.Item is GridFilteringItem)

{

e.Item.Visible = false; // Hide the filter row when exporting

}

CommonMethods.ClearRaygun(RayTitle, ref _raygunTags, ref _raygunCustomData);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

HandleError(ex);

}

I came across this thread and thought perhaps I had found an alternate way of setting focus, but no luck.

Here's my RadGrid declaration:

<telerik:RadGrid ID="grdControls" ClientSettings-Resizing-AllowColumnResize="true" PageSize="20" Width="100%" ShowStatusBar="True" DataSourceID="sqlControls"

runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowSorting="True" AllowPaging="False"

GridLines="None" Skin="Vista" ClientSettings-Selecting-AllowRowSelect="True"

AllowAutomaticDeletes="True" AllowAutomaticInserts="True" AllowAutomaticUpdates="True"

AllowMultiRowSelection="True" OnItemInserted="grdControls_ItemInserted" ClientSettings-Scrolling-AllowScroll="true"

ClientSettings-Scrolling-UseStaticHeaders="true" ClientSettings-Scrolling-ScrollHeight="100%"

OnItemCommand="grdControls_ItemCommand" OnItemUpdated="grdControls_ItemUpdated"

OnItemDataBound="grdControls_ItemDataBound" OnPreRender="grdControls_PreRender" OnItemCreated="grdControls_ItemCreated"

AllowFilteringByColumn="True" OnInfrastructureExporting="grdControls_InfrastructureExporting">

<ExportSettings

HideStructureColumns="True"

IgnorePaging="True"

OpenInNewWindow="True"

ExportOnlyData="True">

<Excel Format="Xlsx" DefaultCellAlignment="Left"></Excel>

</ExportSettings>

<GroupingSettings CaseSensitive="false"/>

<MasterTableView DataSourceID="sqlControls" DataKeyNames="ID" AllowMultiColumnSorting="True"

CommandItemDisplay="Top" AllowAutomaticDeletes="True"

AllowAutomaticInserts="True" AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" EditMode="PopUp" ClientDataKeyNames="ID">

<CommandItemTemplate>

<div style="float: left;">

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkNew" runat="server" CommandName="InitInsert" Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'><img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Fast Icon Images/documents.png"/> New Control</asp:LinkButton>

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkNewFromCommon" runat="server" OnClientClick="openRadWindow('winAddCommon;Select Common Items;625;450');return false;" autopostback="false"

Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

<img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Fast Icon Images/documents.png"/> New From Common

</asp:LinkButton>

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkDelete" OnClientClick="javascript:return confirm('Delete all selected Controls?');"

runat="server" CommandName="DeleteSelected" Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

<img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Fast Icon Images/file_cancel.png"/> Delete Selected

</asp:LinkButton>

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkReOrder" runat="server" OnClientClick="openRadWindow('winReOrder;Re-Order Controls;400;400');return false;" autopostback="false"

Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

<img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Fast Icon Images/bt_refresh.png"/> Re-Order

</asp:LinkButton>

</div>

<div style="float: right; text-align: right;">

<asp:Label ID="lblRecordCount" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label>

<asp:LinkButton ID="ExportToExcelButton" runat="server" CommandName="X2X"><img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Excel.png"/> Export To Excel</asp:LinkButton>

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkRefresh" runat="server" CommandName="Refresh"><img style="border: 0px" alt="" src="Images/Fast Icon Images/refresh2.png"/> Refresh</asp:LinkButton>

</div>

</CommandItemTemplate>

<RowIndicatorColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter RowIndicator column">

</RowIndicatorColumn>

<ExpandCollapseColumn Visible="True" FilterControlAltText="Filter ExpandColumn column">

</ExpandCollapseColumn>

<Columns>

<telerik:GridClientSelectColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter column column" UniqueName="selControl" Exportable="False">

<FooterStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"/>

<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" Width="40px"/>

<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"/>

</telerik:GridClientSelectColumn>

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Edit" UniqueName="editColumn" AllowFiltering="false" Exportable="False">

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:ImageButton ID="btnUpdateOrView"

ImageUrl='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] ? "~/images/Fast Icon Images/edit.png" : "~/images/Fast Icon Images/search.png" %>'

runat="server" CommandName="Edit">

</asp:ImageButton>

</ItemTemplate>

<FooterStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"/>

<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" Width="40px"/>

<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"/>

</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="Name" HeaderText="Name" HeaderButtonType="TextButton"

DataField="Name" UniqueName="Name" AllowFiltering="True" AllowSorting="True" CurrentFilterFunction="Contains" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" FilterControlWidth="50%">

<HeaderStyle Width="25%"/>

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="Description" HeaderText="Description" HeaderButtonType="TextButton"

DataField="Description" UniqueName="Description" AllowFiltering="True" AllowSorting="True" CurrentFilterFunction="Contains" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" FilterControlWidth="50%">

<HeaderStyle Width="65%"/>

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Common" AllowFiltering="true" SortExpression="Common_Flag"

UniqueName="Common_Flag_Column" FilterControlWidth="85px" DataField="Common_Flag">

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:Image ID="imgCommon" runat="server" ImageAlign="Middle" ImageUrl="~/Images/Fast Icon Images/bt_apply_16x16.png"

Visible='<%# Eval("Common_Flag") %>' AlternateText='<%# Eval("Common_Flag") %>'/>

</ItemTemplate>

<HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" Width="10%"></HeaderStyle>

<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center"></ItemStyle>

</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

</Columns>

<EditFormSettings InsertCaption="New Control" CaptionFormatString="Editing Control"

CaptionDataField="Description" PopUpSettings-Modal="true" EditFormType="Template">

<EditColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter EditCommandColumn column">

</EditColumn>

<FormTemplate>

<div id="divControlEdit" runat="server" class="formTemplate">

<table class="formTemplateTable">

<tr>

<td class="templateLabel">

<telerik:RadButton ID="btnAddUpdate" runat="server" Text='<%# (bool) DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted") ? "Create" : "Update" %>'

Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>' CommandName='<%# (bool) DataBinder.Eval(Container, "OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted") ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>'>

</telerik:RadButton>

<telerik:RadButton ID="btnCancel" runat="server" Text='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] ? "Cancel" : "Close" %>'

CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel">

</telerik:RadButton>

</td>

<td class="templateValue">

<telerik:RadSpell ID="RadSpell1" runat="server" ButtonType="PushButton" ButtonText="Spell Check"

ControlsToCheck="txtName,txtDesc" SupportedLanguages="en-US,English" Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'/>

<asp:Label ID="lblReadOnly" runat="server" Text="** READ ONLY **" class="readOnly"

Visible='<%# !(bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="templateLabel">

<asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text="Name:" class="required" ToolTip="Provide a brief and meaningful name for this Control"></asp:Label>

<asp:Label ID="lblReqName" runat="server" Text=" *" class="requiredAsterisk" Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'></asp:Label>

</td>

<td class="templateValue">

<telerik:RadTextBox ID="txtName" TabIndex="1"

MaxLength='<%# (int) Session["MaxSingleLineSize"] %>' runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Name") %>' Width="450px" onkeydown="return (event.keyCode!=13);"

ToolTip="Provide a brief and meaningful name for this Control" Enabled='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</telerik:RadTextBox>

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ID="valName" ControlToValidate="txtName"

ErrorMessage="**Required**" Enabled='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="templateLabel">

<asp:Label ID="lblDesc" runat="server" Text="Description:" class="required" ToolTip="Provide a detailed description of this Control"></asp:Label>

<asp:Label ID="lblReqDesc" runat="server" Text=" *" class="requiredAsterisk" Visible='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'></asp:Label>

</td>

<td class="templateValue">

<telerik:RadTextBox ID="txtDesc" TabIndex="2" MaxLength='<%# (int) Session["MaxMultiLineSize"] %>' runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'

Width="450px" Rows="7" TextMode="MultiLine" ToolTip="Provide a detailed description of this Control"

Enabled='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</telerik:RadTextBox>

<asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ID="valDesc" ControlToValidate="txtDesc"

ErrorMessage="**Required**" Enabled='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="templateLabel">

<asp:Label ID="lblCommon" runat="server" Text="Common:" ToolTip="Check this box if this Control may be suitable for use in other processes"></asp:Label>

</td>

<td class="templateValue">

<telerik:RadButton ID="chkCommon" TabIndex="3" runat="server" ButtonType="ToggleButton" ToggleType="CheckBox"

AutoPostBack="false"

Checked='<%# Bind("Common_Flag") %>' ToolTip="Check this box if this Control may be suitable for use in other processes" onkeydown="return (event.keyCode!=13);"

Enabled='<%# (bool) Session["EditProcess"] %>'>

</telerik:RadButton>

</td>

</tr>

<telerik:RadNumericTextBox ID="numListOrder" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ListOrder") %>'

Visible="false">

</telerik:RadNumericTextBox>

</table>

</div>

</FormTemplate>

</EditFormSettings>

</MasterTableView>

<ClientSettings EnableRowHoverStyle="true" AllowKeyboardNavigation="true">

<ClientEvents OnPopUpShowing="PopUpCentered" OnRowSelecting="RowSelecting" OnKeyPress="OnKeyPress"/>

<Selecting AllowRowSelect="True"></Selecting>

<Scrolling AllowScroll="True" UseStaticHeaders="True"></Scrolling>

<Resizing AllowColumnResize="true" ResizeGridOnColumnResize="true" AllowResizeToFit="true" />

</ClientSettings>

<FilterMenu EnableImageSprites="False">

</FilterMenu>

</telerik:RadGrid>

Any thoughts on how to get this working again?

We're getting complaints from users :(

Thanks for any suggestions or code snippets.

Jim