How Do I Give a Textbox Focus in Silverlight?

Question

In my Silverlight application, I can\'t seem to bring focus to a TextBox control. On the recommendation of various posts, I\'ve set the IsTabStop property to True and I\'m

Answer 1

Indeed an annoying beheviour. I found a simple straightforward solution:

(VB code)

    Me.Focus()
    Me.UpdateLayout()

    Me.tbx_user_num.Focus()
    Me.tbx_user_num.UpdateLayout()

Each element here is essential, as per my project at least (VB2010 SL4 OutOfBrowser).

Credit to : http://www.dotnetspark.com/kb/1792-set-focus-to-textbox-silverlight-3.aspx