Right now, after I type some text in the textbox, hitting enter does not move the focus to the command button nor does it activate it. Instead, I have to use the mouse and click on command button to activate it/submit the query. Is there a way around this?

Hi,

for example using following free control
http://www.metabuilders.com/Tools/DefaultButtons.aspx

Here's also a few views to the issue
http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/1225.aspx
http://www.allasp.net/enterkey.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2003/12/11/43023.aspx
http://www.mag37.com/csharp/articles/DefaultSubmitButton.html?tabid=8

Or take a look at this one:

ASP.NET: How to create a Default "Enter" Button for Forms/PostBacks

Grz, Kris.

I attempted this one becasue it looked the simplest:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETHowToCreateADefaultEnterButtonForFormsPostBacks.aspx

my form didn't have a load event(that I could see) so I add the following per the above link but to no effect.

Sub Page_Load
Page.RegisterHiddenField("__EVENTTARGET", "Button1")
End Sub

Also, is there a way for the form's only textbox to have the focus when the form loads?

Fonzie wrote:

Also, is there a way for the form's only textbox to have the focus when the form loads?

You might want to take a look at this free control: FirstFocus.

Grz, Kris.

that looks like java script. I am trying to learn VB, would this confuse the issue?

Although you are programming ASP.Net using the VB language - that is only the server-side.We control what the server does using .Net framework
JavaScript is used for client-side programming, meaning the "browser" does the work
Setting the focus is a client-side action- hence you need to use JavaScript

Learning the differences between what is server-side and client-side is an important concept in WEB development

I will take some time - but just ask yourself- does browser do this?(if yes - then it's client-side) or does the server? (server-side via Framework)

HTH

Fonzie wrote:

that looks like java script. I am trying to learn VB, would this confuse the issue?

Javascript is executed on the client side and ASP.NET (doesn't matter if you use C# or VB.NET) is executed on the server side. You can find interesting learning courses for a bunch of "web" languages (html, css, asp.net, javascript, ...) here: w3schools.

If you have questions about javascript I would suggest that you take a look or ask your questions on the "client side web development" forum.

Grz, Kris.

i think there one textbox in your page. if so, u must put another textbox on your page and set its visibility to hidden with style.

<asp:TextBox id="txtInv" runat="server" Width="10px" style="display:none;visiblity:hidden">

submit button will run when u hit the enter in your textbox....