http://forums.asp.net/t/349859.aspx/1?C+TextBoxSat, 27 Sep 2003 00:31:53 -0400349859349859http://forums.asp.net/p/349859/349859.aspx/1?C+TextBox Hi Is there a way to pick up keystrokes as a user is typing into a textbox with asp.net webforms. - Thank you 2003-09-26T22:34:13-04:00349885http://forums.asp.net/p/349859/349885.aspx/1?Re+C+TextBox I would say yes, with client side script but do you really want to have a Post-back every time the user types a letter ?? Just think about it for a second. Maybe your intention was to have some sort message leaving from the browser every a keystroke occurs but without loosing the page ? In that case my answer would be that HTTP does not allow that. When a http request is made, a response has to come back and a page loaded. Meanwhile I do have a question : Is it possible to have the text in a TextBox already selected when a page loads ? 2003-09-26T23:33:31-04:00349911http://forums.asp.net/p/349859/349911.aspx/1?Re+C+TextBox Yes, with javascript. Check out the select() method. 2003-09-27T00:31:53-04:00