Set focus on on ASP.NET MVC model errors

Question

I\'ve got a model that does some validation checking and adds the errors to ModelState:

ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError(\"mycontrol\", \"message\")
         


        

Answer 1

Some jquery goodness to scroll to the first input with an error. The tricky bit is that you have to get the underlying DOM element BEFORE you invoke focus() as the focus() method on a jQuery object fires the focus event instead of giving focus to the element.