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Focus is not set to first field in card page

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LS,

I created a simple table and card page.

I would have expected the first visible field (First name) to receive focus, but in stead the field Preferred language receives focus.

Looking for an answer I found that D365BC now puts the focus on the first mandatory field, but the field Preferred language is not mandatory.

Setting ShowMandatory on the card page for the First name field didn't help as well.

The Table:

table 50124 StaffNED
{
DataClassification = ToBeClassified;

    fields
    {
        field(1; RecordNumber; Integer)
        {
            AutoIncrement = true;
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;
        }

        field(5; FirstName; Text[50])
        {
            Caption = 'First name';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;

            trigger OnValidate()
            var
            begin
                FullName := FirstName + ' ' + LastName;
            end;
        }

        field(10; LastName; Text[50])
        {
            Caption = 'Last name';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;

            trigger OnValidate()
            var
            begin
                FullName := FirstName + ' ' + LastName;
            end;
        }

        field(15; FullName; Text[101])
        {
            Caption = 'Full name';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;
        }

        field(20; Email; Text[50])
        {
            Caption = 'E-mail';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;
        }

        field(25; PreferredLanguage; Text[2])
        {
            Caption = 'Preferred language';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;
            TableRelation = AwsLanguage.ShortName;
        }

        field(30; Department; Text[50])
        {
            Caption = 'Department';
            DataClassification = ToBeClassified;
            TableRelation = if (PreferredLanguage = const('NL'))
                                SelectionListNL.SelectionContent where(SelectionGroupName = Const('Department'), ApplicationName = Const('KIP'))
            else
            if (PreferredLanguage = const('DE'))
                                SelectionListDE.SelectionContent where(SelectionGroupName = Const('Department'), ApplicationName = Const('KIP'))
            else
            if (PreferredLanguage = const('EN'))
                                SelectionListEN.SelectionContent where(SelectionGroupName = Const('Department'), ApplicationName = Const('KIP'));
        }
    }

    keys
    {
        key(PK; RecordNumber, FullName, PreferredLanguage)
        {
            Clustered = true;
        }
    }

}

This is the card page:

page 50144 "Staff Card NED"
{
    PageType = Card;
    ApplicationArea = All;
    UsageCategory = Administration;
    SourceTable = StaffNED;

    layout
    {
        area(Content)
        {
            group(General)
            {
                Caption = 'Naam:';
                field(RecordNumber; RecordNumber)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                    Importance = Promoted;
                    Visible = false;
                }

                field(FirstName; FirstName)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                }

                field(LastName; LastName)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                }

                field(FullName; FullName)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                    Editable = false;
                }

            }
            group(etc)
            {
                Caption = 'Overige gegevens:';
                field(Email; Email)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                }

                field(PreferredLanguage; PreferredLanguage)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                }

                field(Department; Department)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Basic;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

How can I set the focus on the field First Name when the card page opens?

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders

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Focus is not set to first field in card page

Please, check this post. Works like a charm!

How to set focus on fields using Javascript in Business Central | integrated.ee
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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Just thought i'd check if anyone has had any further luck? I'm doing a factory floor BC worksheet page and i need focus to be in a particular field so they can use a scanner to input a value. Its proving to be much more difficult than expected. I have tried quick entry and similar properties but no luck. I'm on BC 17.6
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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Meik,

Unfortunately I was not able to solve this. We more or less had to lurn to live with this.

So if you ever find a way to solve this, please let me know.

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders
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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Clemens,

did you solve this problem? I am struggling with this problem too and would appreciate any help.

Kind regards,

Meik Cremer
Clemens Linders 70 on at

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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Lewis,

I did try to use your jquery based method.

But apparently I am using it in the wrong place or whatever.

Can you please give me a small complete example of a card page where you use this.

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders
Community Member Microsoft Employee on at

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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

You can also try jQuery based method:

$(document).ready(function() {

$('form:first *:input[type!=hidden]:first').focus();

});
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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Lewis,

I created a controlAddin: AjaxAddIn:

controladdin AjaxAddIn
{
    RequestedHeight = 300;
    MinimumHeight = 300;
    MaximumHeight = 300;
    RequestedWidth = 700;
    MinimumWidth = 700;
    MaximumWidth = 700;
    VerticalStretch = true;
    VerticalShrink = true;
    HorizontalStretch = true;
    HorizontalShrink = true;
    Scripts = 'ajax.aspnetcdn.com/.../jquery-3.4.1.js';
    StartupScript = 'startupScript.js';

    event MyEvent()

    procedure MyProcedure()
}

After that I created a file startupScript.js:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('form:first *:input[type!=hidden]:first').focus();
});

Both files are located in the root.

When I publish this, it didn't work.

What am I doing wrong.

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders
Clemens Linders 70 on at

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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Lewis,

Can you tell me where exactly I would put this code. I assume you mean the card page, but where.

It will not let me insert this code (without errors) in the OnInsert trigger.

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders
Community Member Microsoft Employee on at

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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

You can also try jQuery based method:

$(document).ready(function() {

$('form:first *:input[type!=hidden]:first').focus();

});
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RE: Focus is not set to first field in card page

Hi Andy,

I tried subscribing at both forums without any luck. I do not get the email to which I can reply and thus complete my subscription.

We are part of a German multi-national and our network (although we are in the Netherlands) goes through Germany.

Perhaps they see a discrepancy between the countries, also our mother company has some very strict filters and many spam doesn't even arrive in our spam box.

I also have a personal yahoo account, which I tried to register from home, but no luck there as well. Perhaps these forums block yahoo accounts??

As mentioned I tried this for both forums. With 99,9% of all other forums, I have no problems registering.

Last but not least I tried to email admin@dynamicsusers.net but I got no reply.

Searching the internet I found more people had this problem.

Perhaps you can be of some assistance.

Kind regards,

Clemens Linders