"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> .net 2003
>
> I have a form with 1 button and several labels on it.  I don't want the
> button to be the default if enter is pressed.  I want the user to have
> to actually click it for it to work.  I also don't want it to have that
> "selected" look with the dotted line around the text.  What can I do
> about all this?  Thanks.

> Off the top of my head, during form load event you can explicitly set
> focus to a different control, this will take care of the selected look
> and stop the unwanted default behavior as well.
>
>
>
> "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:Oua#Kry2GHA.1068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
>
>> .net 2003
>>
>> I have a form with 1 button and several labels on it.  I don't want the
>> button to be the default if enter is pressed.  I want the user to have
>> to actually click it for it to work.  I also don't want it to have that
>> "selected" look with the dotted line around the text.  What can I do
>> about all this?  Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Robert Porter
>
>
>

> Curiously I could not get label1.focus in the form load event to fix the
> problem.  It seemed to have no effect at all.  Why????  Keep in mind the
> only other controls on the form are labels so I was setting focus to
> label1.  But label1.focus in the button1.click event works.  After
> button1 click event runs the button loses focus just like I want it to.
>
> Moving on I found setting the tabstop property of button1 to false made
> the button come up unselected when the program starts.  So between
> adding label1.focus in button1.click and setting the tabstop property of
> button1 to false I guess my problem is solved.
>
> But I would like to know if there was another way I should have done
> this and why setting label1.focus in the form load event didn't work.
> If anyone has any ideas????
>
>
> Robert Porter wrote:
> > Off the top of my head, during form load event you can explicitly set
> > focus to a different control, this will take care of the selected look
> > and stop the unwanted default behavior as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:Oua#Kry2GHA.1068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
> >
> >> .net 2003
> >>
> >> I have a form with 1 button and several labels on it.  I don't want the
> >> button to be the default if enter is pressed.  I want the user to have
> >> to actually click it for it to work.  I also don't want it to have that
> >> "selected" look with the dotted line around the text.  What can I do
> >> about all this?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Robert Porter
> >
> >
> >

> Hi cj,
>
> I agree with Seth, because when the Form.Load event fires, the form hasn't
> been visible. However, the Focus method requires the parent control to be
> visible and enabled. That's why the focus method doesn't work in Form.Load.
> Please check the following link for more information.
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.focus.
> aspx
>
> Kevin Yu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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