RadInputManager with TextSetting, SetFocus does clear the Text

[Morten Louw]

Hi all,

I am using the RadInputManager on a webform. I have a textbox i want to control. It must have content, so, I have set the TextBoxSettings attributes like this:

EmptyMessage="type.." Validation-IsRequired="true"

If I click the textbox, the "type.." text disappears, and I can type in my content - no problems.
But when I want the cursor to be in the control set in page load, the "type.." text remains, and when I type "123 " in the box, it gets like this: "123 type..". And it's with the gray "disabled" look.

I have tried to write the javascript my self, in stead of using the Page's SetFocus method. Same behaviour occures.

Any one having experience with this issue?

Kind regards
Morten

 

[Pavel]

Hi Morten,

One option to make it work is if you are using RadAjaxManager, to focus the control via its FocusControl server-side method:

RadAjaxManager1.FocusControl(TextBox1);

Alternatively you can focus the input client-side like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function pageLoad()
    {
        $find("RadInputManager1").get_targetInput("TextBox1").focus();
        // or
        $get("TextBox1").focus();
    }
</script>

Let us know if that helps.

Kind regards,
Pavel
the Telerik team