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SetFocus / ActiveFocus -- difference? [message #15284]

Tue, 15 April 2008 16:33

indiocolifa
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Registered: January 2008
Location: Argentina

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I don't understand the difference between:

a_widget.SetFocus();
ActiveFocus(a_widget);

Explanations...?

Thanks! Very Happy

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Re: SetFocus / ActiveFocus -- difference? [message #15285 is a reply to message #15284]

Tue, 15 April 2008 18:28

mrjt
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I think that the difference is:
SetFocus will pass focus to the ctrl and take it from whatever has focus.
ActiveFocus sets the Ctrl that should have focus when the window next gets focus. There is only an immediate focus transition if the window is currently in the foreground.

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Re: SetFocus / ActiveFocus -- difference? [message #15292 is a reply to message #15285]

Tue, 15 April 2008 21:20

indiocolifa
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I'm posting this because I've a DocEdit control on a form (which already has WantFocus() true) and I can't set the focus with docEditControl.SetFocus(), but it works with ActiveFocus(docEditControl).

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Re: SetFocus / ActiveFocus -- difference? [message #15294 is a reply to message #15292]

Tue, 15 April 2008 21:26

mirek
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Registered: November 2005

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You can SetFocus only to widget that is actually on the screen.

OTOH, ActiveFocus can be used always. Widget will simply get focus next time the parent gets focus.

Mirek

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