Set focus on time selection area of date and time field after selecting date via date time picker?

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I have a Dynamics 365 V9 Implementation and need to change the behavior of both the scheduledstart (Start Time) field and scheduledend (End Time) fields.

The out of box behavior is not suitable for end users that will be entering hundreds to thousands of appointments daily.

The two fields referenced above are date and time fields as shown below.

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When users click on the Start Time field, and set the Date via the date time picker, focus immediately leaves the field and goes out to the browser screen forcing the user to move their mouse and click back into the field and then set the time. This can be seen at the 7 second mark and 17 second mark in the video clip below.

The required behavior is for the cursor to immediately enter the time section after the user selects the date via the date time picker.

Normally, I would snap a function onto the date field and have it set focus in the time field on change.

The problem is that this is a single field so the usual way of handling it is a non-starter.

Can anyone recommend a way of handling this? What have others done to achieve the desired behavior I described with this type of field?

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gdas 50,091 Moderator on at

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Hi ,

Its a problem , I agreed with you. I tried to make setfocus inside some time out , for me its now focusing correctly .

Try with this -

// attach the method start date onchange function onChangescheduledstart() { window.setTimeout(function(){ Xrm.Page.getControl("scheduledstart").setFocus(); },500); } //Attach the method enddate onchange function onChangesscheduledend() { window.setTimeout(function(){ Xrm.Page.getControl("scheduledend").setFocus(); },500); }

FYI ,I found by default this datetime section is locked , so you need to unlock from section properties and then attach above onchange method of the fields.

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Thanks for the novel approach! That's not something I would have thought of. I will try that and see if that solves my issue. In the interest of time, I'll mark it as verified. If that changes or if there is something preventing this from being applicable, I will reply with appropriate details. My goal is to get the cursor from the date control portion of the field to the time control portion of the same field once the date has been selected. Thanks for lighting up my pathway. I'll test that out and see if it works.

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I was able to try this, and it doesn't work.

I adjusted the timeout from 500 to 100, then 300, then 1000 and nothing.

It's as if the code isn't even there as shown below. There are no errors, but the code isn't working at all.

Focus doesn't jump from the date portion of the control to the time portion of the control.

The desired behaviour is shown in the two screen shots below.

The actual behaviour shown in the video below does not resemble the desired objective at all.

Is there a way to interact with the fieldname.control name since two controls are part of a single field similar to the desired type of command below?

formContext.getControl(fieldname.controlname).setfocus()

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gdas 50,091 Moderator on at

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Hi,

I am not sure that you will get time control separately . But applying my code you can achieve at least control focus . See the video after applying the set-focus.

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Hi, I have the same problem. Once the Date is entered the user needs the focus to automatically move to the time portion of the Date and Time Control. Since the Date and Time is part of the same control, using setFocus() will only set the cursor on the date. Does anyone have a solution for this?

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