I think in similar situations I've found that the text box has not actually been displayed on the page (that is, not attached to the root panel) at the time that I ask for it to receive focus. Perhaps that was the case with you? Might be worth checking.
Nick On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:05 PM, steveb <[email protected]> wrote: > I found that using a Timer works. I don't understand why but it does > the job. > > On Nov 21, 8:52 pm, Magnus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using a DialogBox as a login box and I would like the "user" > > field to get the focus automatically. > > > > I tried txt_User.setFocus (true), but without success. > > > > How can I do that? > > > > Magnus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
