How to focus for disable dropdown in ASP.NET

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hello i have a drop down in my page and want to focus that on a condition but the problem is that my drop down is disable and want to set focus for enable it. but in disable mode i can able to focus that.

What I have tried:

i have tried this for focus.

myddl.focus();

but it is not working in disable and working fine in enable mode

Posted 27-Feb-17 1:14am

AZHAR SAYYAD

Updated 27-Feb-17 3:21am

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[no name] 27-Feb-17 7:21am

You can't focus a disabled control. That is what "disabled" means. And, you don't need to focus a control to enable it.

Karthik_Mahalingam 27-Feb-17 7:32am

what is the point of focusing a disabled control?

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2017-02-27T03:21:00

Solution 1

If you want to enable a control then you enable it. However, you cannot focus on a control that is disabled. You will have to enable it first and then set focus to it.

Posted 27-Feb-17 3:21am

ZurdoDev