How could I set the Username textbox of the Login control to have the initial focus?

Question

I'm using the asp.net Login control:

 <asp:Login ID="Login2" runat="server" LoginButtonType="Link"
                Width="280px" Height="150">               
            </asp:Login>

How could I set the Username textbox to have the focus when initially the page loads and also the Login link button should be clicked when the user enters.

I tried the below in the Page_Load event but didn't work?

  this.Login2.FindControl("Username").Focus();
  this.form1.DefaultButton = this.Login2.FindControl("LoginButton").UniqueID;

Thanks,

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:42

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Try something like this:

TextBox tb = (TextBox)Login1.FindControl("UserName");
tb.Focus();

answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:42

Burt

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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if (!HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {
   Login lg = (WebControls.Login)LoginView1.FindControl("Login2");
   TextBox tb = (TextBox)lg.FindControl("UserName");
   tb.Focus();
}

Have a look here to see how you can define the login-button as default button in Login:

Submit Login control button when I hit Enter

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:44

Tim Schmelter

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:44

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protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login login = LoginArea.FindControl("LoginForm");

    TextBox txt = login.FindControl("UserName");

    Page.SetFocus(txt);

}

answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:44

rahularyansharma

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ok then please give a look into this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3043592/set-focus-to-textbox-in-asp-net-login-control-on-page-load – rahularyansharma Oct 17 '11 at 09:52

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 17 '11 at 09:50

You can simply write Login1.Focus() at page load event and also basically, you can define a DefaultButton not just on the Form level, but also on individual Panel level, as long as the focus is within the panel, the default button for the panel will be used if you hit "Enter

How could I set the Username textbox of the Login control to have the initial focus?

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