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Asked: June 16, 20262026-06-16T13:19:19+00:00 2026-06-16T13:19:19+00:00

I have several textboxes on my view. One of them needs to get focus.

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I have several textboxes on my view. One of them needs to get focus. Which one exactly is defined in the data model. Currently I call the Focus method right after binding is done. I get false as a result which means the focus cannot be set. Question is

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  • how do I know this moment being in the view model without knowing about the view anything?
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    2026-06-16T13:19:20+00:00Added an answer on June 16, 2026 at 1:19 pm

    The right answer is to schedule setting the focus via Dispatcher.BeginInvoke. It means the view model has to have a reference to the Dispatcher object which is somewhat tricky to do but worth the effort.

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