How to activate the cursor in TextBox1

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How to activate the cursor in TextBox1

I would like to have the program activate the cursor in TextBox1, so the user can start typing immediately without having to first click on TextBox1.

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How to activate the cursor in TextBox1

  • intGod

    Or try textbox1.focus() on the form's load event

  • cliffeh

    Try changing textbox1's tabindex property to 1.

    or

    you can make a sub that handles form1.load and in that use

    textbox1.select



  • Ricky Wen - MSFT

    TextBox1.Select did the trick! ! !

    Thanks a lot, guys!
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