[Solved] set focus to a textbox in EditFormSettings FormTemplate

[sf]

in my edit template form I have a textbox. I want to set this textbox to focus upon clicking on Edit on a row in the grid to bring up the edit template form.

please help

thanks in advance

[Shinu]

Hello,

Checkout the following documentation that shows how to focus textbox in edit form. I hope this would help in achieving the functionality.
Focus the text boxes in the edit control

-Shinu.

[sf]

thanks Shinu for your help

I followed the instructions in the link you gave me but it dowsnt seem do anything. when i click Edit to bring up the edit view the control is not focused..... I also tried to focus a dropdownlist control, still no luck

[James Reategui]

That worked for me. I used the ItemDataBound method (2nd one in documentation).
Be sure the type of your controls match.
Also when getting the control, sometimes it will be at posiition 1 not 0, depending if you are using a templatecolumn.

protected void RadGridServiceTypes_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item is Telerik.Web.UI.GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
            {
                Telerik.Web.UI.GridEditableItem form = (Telerik.Web.UI.GridEditableItem)e.Item;
                TextBox comboBox = (TextBox)form["ServiceName"].Controls[1]; // this can be 0, 1 or 2 depending on template
                comboBox.Focus();
            }
        }