Setting focus to a textbox control

Question

If I want to set the focus on a textbox when the form is first opened, then at design time, I can set it\'s tabOrder property to 0 and make sure no other form control has a tabO

Answer 1

I think what you're looking for is:

textBox1.Select();

in the constructor. (This is in C#. Maybe in VB that would be the same but without the semicolon.)

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.focus.aspx :

Focus is a low-level method intended primarily for custom control authors. Instead, application programmers should use the Select method or the ActiveControl property for child controls, or the Activate method for forms.