ASP.Net validation summary causes page to jump to top

Question

I have a simple form with a few required field validators and a validation summary control. When I submit the form, the client validation will cause the form to ju

Answer 1

I use this: (requires jquery and jquery.scrollTo)

First you put an anchor with a specific class above your validation summary, like so:

then include this bit of javascript:

$(document).ready(
        function () {
            var $valSum = $(".custom_valsum_anchor");
            if ($valSum.size() > 0) {
                var backup_ValidationSummaryOnSubmit = ValidationSummaryOnSubmit;
                ValidationSummaryOnSubmit = function (validationGroup) {
                    var backup_ScrollTo = window.scrollTo;
                    window.scrollTo = function () { };
                    backup_ValidationSummaryOnSubmit(validationGroup);
                    window.scrollTo = backup_ScrollTo;
                    setTimeout(function () { $("body").scrollTo($valSum); }, 1);
                };
            }
        }

);

Basicaly, it replaces, when necessary, the ValidationSummaryOnSubmit function with a version that temporarily disables window.scrollTo and scrolls to the anchor. It should not be to hard to modify so that it does not use jquery.