Thanks, Derrell and Sebastian. When coded like this, the method works as needed:
popup : function() { this.open(); qx.client.Timer.once( function() { this.username.selectAll(); }, this, 0); } Now the TextField "username" has the cursor when the window opens. Thanks, Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sebastian Werner Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:18 AM To: qooxdoo Development Subject: Re: [qooxdoo-devel] how to focus TextField when Window opens? Just a note: In 0.8 it will work exactly the original way you have choosen: widget.focus() should be enough there. Sebastian Derrell Lipman schrieb: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Bill Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a LoginWindow object which extends qx.ui.window.Window >> >> When the user clicks a login button, it calls this method in >> LoginWindow: >> >> popup : function() >> { >> this.open(); >> >> this.setActive(true); // made no difference >> this.focus(); // made no difference >> >> this.username.setFocused(true); >> // also made no difference >> }, >> >> The LoginWindow object does open, but I don't know how to set focus >> on the username TextField. I've tried the above commands. > > Bill, something like try this: > > popup : function() > { > this.open(); > > qx.client.Timer.once( > function() > { > this.setActive(true); > this.focus(); > }, > this, > 0); > } > > Derrell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel