Thread: Focusing a CEdit Object in a Dialog On Startup :: MFC

Hi.

I have a dialog box. When Windows draws the dialog box, I want to to focus to a specific CEdit object (window). For example, let say the dialog box asks the user for a username and password. I would like Windows to focus the username window when it first draws the dialog box.

What is the best way to do that?

Thanks,
Kuphryn

I don't use mfc but here goes...

You should have an OnInitDialog function (WM_INITDIALOG handler). In this function you can use the SetFocus method of the CEdit wnd to 'claim' the focus or you can use the API function ::SetFocus(hEdit) where hEdit is the handle of your edit control (m_hWnd member variable).

Whichever approach you take return FALSE (0) from the OnInitDialog function (WM_INITDIALOG handler) or the system will set the default focus itself.

Hope that helps.

Thanks.

I presume the coding technique applies to modal dialog box and modeless dialog box.

Kuphryn

Thanks.

I saw at least two responses about overriding OnInitDialog().

Here is the solution:

...OnInitDialog()
{
...
GetDlgItem(the CEdit window's ID)->SetFocus();
...

return FALSE;
}

Kuphryn