Is there any way around this time delay? or is there a better way to set focus?

Thanks,
Sara

 I have ran into the SetFocus problem..(not exactly the same scenario, but it was with Ajax..)

I used, 

ScriptManager scrMgr = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page);

scrMgr.SetFocus(this.textbox1.ClientID);

 worked for me!..

 HTH

I tried that.. didn't work :( Thanks though!

Did you try calling the code from the event window.onload on the client side?

For example:

function _onPageLoad() {
  // TODO: Set focus
}

PageLoad should fire after the page has fully loaded.

Hope this helps,
-Damien

Sets the browser focus to the specified control

http://www.asp.net/AJAX/Documentation/Live/mref/O_T_System_Web_UI_ScriptManager_SetFocus.aspx

http://gmamaladze.googlepages.com/maintainfocusbetweenpostbacksalsoinasp.n

You can use the following code to set the focus:
 

ScriptManager sm = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this);
sm.SetFocus(myTextBox);

To set focus and select text of a you have to use the following:
 

ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, this.GetType(), "selectAndFocus", "$get('" + myTextBox.ClientID + "').focus();$get('" + myTextBox.ClientID + "').select();", true);

http://forums.asp.net/t/1099345.aspx

http://forums.asp.net/t/1199709.aspx