How to reduce this IF-Else ladder in C #

Question

This is the IF -Else ladder I created to focus the first visible control on my form. According to the requirement, any control can be hidden in the form. So I needed to find the first visible control and focus it.

 if (ddlTranscriptionMethod.Visible)
    {
        ddlTranscriptionMethod.Focus();
    }
    else if (ddlSpeechRecognition.Visible)
    {
        ddlSpeechRecognition.Focus();
    }
    else if (!SliderControl1.SliderDisable)
    {
        SliderControl1.Focus();
    }
    else if (ddlESignature.Visible)
    {
        ddlESignature.Focus();
    }
    else
    {
        if (tblDistributionMethods.Visible)
        {
            if (chkViaFax.Visible)
            {
                chkViaFax.Focus();
            }
            else if (chkViaInterface.Visible)
            {
                chkViaInterface.Focus();
            }
            else if (chkViaPrint.Visible)
            {
                chkViaPrint.Focus();
            }
            else
            {
                chkViaSelfService.Focus();
            }
        }
    }

Is there any other way to do this. I thought using LINQ would lead to better performance since I have to convert the entire collection of pages. I am deep in the page that has masterpages.Please suggest.

Answer 1

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(From c in ListOfControls
Where c.visible = true
Select c).First.Focus();

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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foreach (Control c in Controls)
{
    if (c.Visible)
    {
        c.Focus();
        break;
    }
}

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bool FocusFirst(ControlCollection controls)
{
    foreach (Control c in controls)
    {
        if (c.Visible)
        {
            c.Focus();
            FocusFirst(c.Controls);
            break;
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

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   if (ddlTranscriptionMethod.Visible) 
    { 
        ddlTranscriptionMethod.Focus(); 
        return;
    }

    if (ddlSpeechRecognition.Visible) 
    { 
        ddlSpeechRecognition.Focus(); 
        return;
    } 

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Answer 5

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Answer 8

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List<WebControl> wcBasics = new List<WebControl>();
wcBasics.Add(ddlTranscriptionMethod);
wcBasics.Add(ddlSpeechRecognition);
wcBasics.Add(ddlESignature);

List<CheckBox> checks = new List<CheckBox>();
checks.Add(chkViaFax);
checks.Add(chkViaInterface);
checks.Add(chkViaPrint);

private void Focus()
{
    foreach (WebControl c in wcBasics)
        if (c.Visible) {
            c.Focus();
            return;
        }

    if (!tblDistributionMethods.Visible) return;

    foreach (CheckBox chk in checks)
        if (chk.Visible) {
            chk.Focus();
            return;
        }
    }

    chkViaSelfService.Focus();
}

Answer 9

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enum FormStates
{
    Initial_View
    Working_View
    Edit_View
    Shutdown_View
};

{ // Somewhere in code

switch (theCurrentState)
{

    case Initial_View :
        Control1.Enabled = true;
        Control2.Enabled = true;
        theCurrentState = Working_View;
    break;

   case Working_View
      if (string.empty(Contro1.Text) == false)
      {
          Control2.Enabled = false;
          Speachcontrol.Focus();
          theCurrentState = Edit_view;
      }
      else // Control 2 is operational
      {
         Control1.Enabled = false;
         SliderControl.Focus();
      }

    case Edit_View:
       ...
    break;  

   break;
}

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Answer 10

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public interface IFormControl
{
    bool Focus();
}

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public class FormControl : IFormControl
{
    private readonly Control _control;

    public FormControl(Control control)
    {
        _control = control;
    }

    public bool Focus()
    {
        if(_control.Visible)
        {
            _control.Focus();
        }

        return _control.Visible;
    }
}

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public class DependentFormControl : IFormControl
{
    private readonly Control _control;
    private readonly Func<bool> _prerequisite;

    public DependentFormControl(Control control, Func<bool> prerequisite)
    {
        _control = control;
        _prerequisite = prerequisite;
    }

    public bool Focus()
    {
        var focused = _prerequisite() && _control.Visible;

        if(focused)
        {
            _control.Focus();
        }

        return focused;
    }
}

Then create an extension method that sets focus on the first control in the sequence:

public static void FocusFirst(this IEnumerable<IFormControl> formControls)
{
    var focused = false;

    foreach(var formControl in formControls)
    {
        if(formControl.Focus())
        {
            break;
        }
    }
}

And finally, create a set of controls that will focus:

var controls = new FormControl[]
{
    new FormControl(ddlTranscriptionMethod),
    new FormControl(ddlSpeechRecognition),
    new DependentFormControl(SliderControl1, () => !SliderControl1.SliderDisable),
    new FormControl(ddlESignature),
    new DependentFormControl(chkViaFax, () => tblDistributionMethods.Visible),
    new DependentFormControl(chkViaInterface, () => tblDistributionMethods.Visible),
    new DependentFormControl(chkViaPrint, () => tblDistributionMethods.Visible),
    new DependentFormControl(chkViaSelfService, () => tblDistributionMethods.Visible)
};

controls.FocusFirst();

You can create a set of controls when the page loads and just call .FocusFirst()when necessary.