I have a list box ready to collect information from the users. I noticed that; every time the users need to enter something they have to use the mouse to set the course inside the box. How can I set the course ready inside the list box so that the user does not have to use the mouse evry time?

empNumBox->Text = " ";

Try setting the Focus to the list box.

Hope this helps.

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empNumBox->Focus(). Better yet, set the TabIndex properties correctly.

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Hans Passant.

Try setting the Focus to the list box.

Hope this helps.

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empNumBox->Focus(). Better yet, set the TabIndex properties correctly.

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Hans Passant.

Hi Allen_Press,

Please follow nobugz's suggestions:
1. Call the Focus method of the ListBox in the Load event handler of the form.
2. Set the TabIndex of the ListBox to 0 and make sure the TabIndexes of other controls are larger than 0.

Regards,
Aland Li

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