Set the cursor on text box when form load first time in vb.net

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Hi.. frnds I have a problem i want to set the cursor on text box when the form load first time how we can set it i have also used TextBox1.focus() method but no result, plz help me...

Posted 21-Aug-11 18:37pm

Parveen Rathi

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Prerak Patel · Answer 1 · 2011-08-21T18:39:00

Solution 1

Set the TabIndex[^] to 0. That would make it the first control to get focus. BTW, TextBox1.focus() should work anyway.

Posted 21-Aug-11 18:39pm

Prerak Patel

Updated 21-Aug-11 18:40pm

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Derz · Answer 2 · 2014-09-04T17:48:00

Solution 2

Additional solution in c#:

on form_shown event
textbox.select()

Posted 4-Sep-14 17:48pm

Derz