{"id":146,"date":"2014-01-19T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T19:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2014-01-19T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T19:32:51","slug":"set-focus-to-start-of-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Set focus to start of field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you open a Form, the first field (Control) in your preset Tab Stop is always highlighted.\u00a0 This has been known to cause issues&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users press the <strong>Enter<\/strong> key, thereby eliminating the data that was present (and don&#8217;t always remember to press <strong>Undo<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Users begin typing not realizing they are not on a new record, again, eliminating the data that was present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To prevent that you can use the <strong>GotFocus<\/strong>\u00a0event of the field to move the cursor to the beginning of the field&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Private Sub <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>YourControlName<\/strong><\/span>_GotFocus()<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Me.<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>YourControlName<\/strong><\/span>.SelStart = 0<br \/>\nEnd Sub<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_146\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"146\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/access-diva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you open a Form, the first field (Control) in your preset Tab Stop is always highlighted. 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