Set textbox focus when tabItem selected in WPF vb

Question

New to WPF, aware their are many questions on this already but none have worked. I would like a text box within a tab to get focus when the tab has been selected.

currently have

Private Sub TabControl1_Event(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Controls.SelectionChangedEventArgs) 
_Handles TabControl1.SelectionChanged
    UpdateLayout()     'tried me.show() as well
    If TabControl1.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
        i = i + 1
        Title = "selected" + Convert.ToString(i)
        UserBox.Focus()
    End If
End Sub

the i increment and and title change are their just to see if the if loop is being entered and apparently it is, however the textbox (the only other control in the application) only gets focus when the program first starts.

As I said I have seen lots of the other questions similar to this here but either they are not exactly the same or just do not work. I am using vb.net in a WPF application. It seems like this should be very simple but cant for the life of me figure it out

It would be nice if this could be done via a tabItem event rather than a tabControl event also.

Update: IDK if it matters but I have seen others posting it and so this is my XAML

<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Burn In" Height="350" Width="525">
<TabControl Height="Auto" Name="TabControl1" Width="Auto">
    <TabItem Header="User" Name="UserTab">
        <Grid>
            <TextBox Height="25" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0" Name="UserBox" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="250" AcceptsReturn="True" />
        </Grid>
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="DUT" Name="DutTab">
        <Grid />
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="Rack" Name="RackTab">
        <Grid />
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem Header="Programs" Name="ProgTab">
        <Grid />
    </TabItem>
</TabControl>
</Window>

I am just starting WPF myself. This didn't work? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1345391/set-focus-on-textbox-in-wpf — Tim, Jun 24 '13 at 13:33
Nope, afraid not, again it works for when the window is first loaded but not after :( — Toby, Jun 24 '13 at 17:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '13 at 15:36

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I tested this code out on my computer and it worked fine.

Private Sub TabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TabControl1.SelectedIndexChanged
        If TabControl1.SelectedIndex = 1 Then
            TabControl1.Update()
            TextBox1.Focus()
        End If
    End Sub

I declared the change of the Tab using the TabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged sub routine. If you do not clarify that the TabControl1 is changed you need to click in the TabPage for changes to take place.

answered Jun 24 '13 at 15:36

Chase Ernst

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SelectedIndexChanged does not show up in intellisense for me and then is marked as an error as the event is not found...? – Toby Jun 24 '13 at 17:38
This is a brand new sub routine. I am not modifying any other sub routine. – Chase Ernst Jun 24 '13 at 20:54

Set textbox focus when tabItem selected in WPF vb

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