Thanks David

Almost got there myself. Didn't think of the dodefault() - nodefault bit though.

Can you tell me what happens with the Dodefault() on the standard control?

Also

this.SelStart = 0

1 puts it at the second character.

Ta very muchly
Geoff


>Geoff,
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>In the GotFocus()
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>dodefault()
>this.SelStart = 1
>this.SelLength = 0
>nodefault
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>Any tou are liable to tick off a lot of your users that are trying to click into the middle of a field to correct a single character.
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>>How do I force the cursor (and display) to the beginning of the text in a textbox, editbox or combo when it gets focus regardless of whether it was clicked with a mouse or not or whether it is in a grid or not?