focus in edit control

bhogavalli suresh

i am using dialog ,in that i have an edit control,when ever my dialog displays cursor must be in the edit control,plz help me............

Nishad S

You can call GotoDlgCtrl() API for that edit to set the focus. If it is in OnInitDialog, you should return FALSE.

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bhogavalli suresh

ok fine,if it in another function ,wts the processs............

Nishad S

GotoDlgCtrl itself... :)

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Sreedhar DV

Set the "Tab stop" for the edit control as 1. For doing this click Ctrl+D on the resource view of the dialog. Set the edit control tab stop as 1. It is the simplest way to solve your problem.:)

Sreedhar DV

Wamuti

add a member variable for that edit box e.g. "m_deEditBox" using the class wizard and set the category as a control and the variable type should change to be automaticaly CEdit. Wherever you want to receive focus use the SetFocus() and that should do the trick e.g. : m_deEditBox.SetFocus(); Only make sure m_deEditBox is visible within the class you are using! :)

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Wamuti

tried setting it to a member of CEdit(The edit box itself ) but GoToDlgCtrl is not a member of CEdit.

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Stephen Hewitt

Calling SetFocus to set the focus to a control on a dialog box is wrong! See here[^] for details.

Steve

Nishad S

Wamuti wrote:

tried setting it to a member of CEdit(The edit box itself )

No... You have to call like, GotoDlgCtrl( &m_edit );

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Wamuti

First, Thanks for the correction. Second, sorry this is long but here goes; When i tested SetFocus(), i placed it in two buttons as: void CSetfocusDlg::OnBfirst() //first button { // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here m_deOne.SetFocus(); } void CSetfocusDlg::OnBsecond() //second button { // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here m_deTwo.SetFocus(); } and it worked just fine. But if i am getting it right, if there is a button in a dialog, SetFocus() is reserved for the default push button, right? This means that even if i put m_editControl.SetFocus() in OnInitDialog(), i would still not get the desired effect of setting the cursor to the Edit control(what i understand from the site you directed me and practically i have tried, so i was very wrong indeed). Ofcourse it makes sense to use the WM_NEXTDLGCTL but i cant get the message in the class wizard. Then how do i code the handler? Please help!:sigh:

Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Wamuti

Oops:doh: sorry, using SetFocus() won't work. But i am learning. Thanks for understanding.

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