How to set tab index for url in asp.net

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In my form I have some textboxes, to navigate from one textbox to other, I am using 'tab' key from keyboard, but when I press tab from first Textbox(Name) then the cursor navigates to the url bar then from there navigates to other textboxes as set, even if I set the tabindex property to all the controls numerically.

<asp:TextBox ID="txtName" runat="server" TabIndex="0"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtSo" runat="server" TabIndex="1"></asp:TextBox><br />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtAdd" runat="server" TabIndex="2"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:dropdownlist ID="ddlArea" runat="server" TabIndex="3" class="drop"></asp:dropdownlist>

Posted 9-Apr-15 20:31pm

Dawood Abbas

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CodingLover 10-Apr-15 2:43am

If you try it out from index 2 to index 3, is it work?

Dawood Abbas 10-Apr-15 3:04am

yes.its working properly,but when iam going from 0 to 1 but then its not going to 1,its going to address bar then from there coming to 1.

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Dawood Abbas · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-09T21:33:00

According to MSDN:-

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When a page is initially loaded, the first item that receives focus when the Tab key is pressed is the address bar. Next, the controls on the Web Forms page are tabbed to in ascending order, based on the value of the TabIndex property of each control, starting with the smallest positive, nonzero value.

Also, the controls who are declared with TabIndex of 0 are tabbed at the last. So, change your marup like this:-

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<asp:TextBox ID="txtName" runat="server" TabIndex="1"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtSo" runat="server" TabIndex="2"></asp:TextBox><br />
<asp:TextBox ID="txtAdd" runat="server" TabIndex="3"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlArea" runat="server" TabIndex="4" class="drop">
</asp:DropDownList>

Still, if you don't set any default focus, by default it will tab to the address bar, so to set any control focus you can call the Focus method:-

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtName.Focus();
}