Loading to specific point on page

[David]

Hello

I have a datalist on a webpage which initially displays
all the entries in the item view mode. When I select an
item to edit it reloads the page and displays the selected
item in the edit view. The problem I have with this is
that it reloads the browser window displaying the top of
the form. This is fine for an entry at the top of the
grid but if it is towards the bottom the user has to
scroll down the list to the appropiate item. Is their way
to reload the page without it going back to the top of the
page. Or is it best to reorder my grid displaying the
selected item as the first in the list. If so how do I do
this?

Thanks

David

[James J. Foster]

Two techniques I have seen, although I don't know the full extent on browser
compatibility. One is to turn Smart Navigation on, and let IE take care of
keeping the page location. The other is to use the
Page.RegisterStartupScript to send a snippt of javascript that sets the
focus on a particular control.

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James J. Foster, DotNetCoders
[url]http://www.dotnetcoders.com[/url]


"David" <centraldevelopment@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have a datalist on a webpage which initially displays
> all the entries in the item view mode. When I select an
> item to edit it reloads the page and displays the selected
> item in the edit view. The problem I have with this is
> that it reloads the browser window displaying the top of
> the form. This is fine for an entry at the top of the
> grid but if it is towards the bottom the user has to
> scroll down the list to the appropiate item. Is their way
> to reload the page without it going back to the top of the
> page. Or is it best to reorder my grid displaying the
> selected item as the first in the list. If so how do I do
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
> David

[Jos]

James J. Foster wrote:

> Two techniques I have seen, although I don't know the full extent on
> browser compatibility. One is to turn Smart Navigation on, and let IE
> take care of keeping the page location. The other is to use the
> Page.RegisterStartupScript to send a snippt of javascript that sets
> the focus on a particular control.

Please note that Smart Navigation will only work in Internet Explorer.

--

Jos Branders