Tool Window and Focus

[Johnny Jörgensen]

I've a form that opens a tool window. The problem is that when the tool
window is opened, the main form itself passes focus to the toolwindow.

What I want and need is a toolwindow that works like a control with
tabstop=false, i.e. it doesn't get focus when the window is opened, but
focus is retained at the main form. And when you click a button on the
toolwindow, it processes the click event and returns focus to the main form.

Is that possible?

Cheers,
Johnny J.

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You could set the focus back to the main form after you show the tool bar.

Form myToolBar = new Form();
myToolBar.Show();
this.Focus(); // focus back to the main form

Adrian.
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"Johnny Jörgensen" wrote:

I've a form that opens a tool window. The problem is that when the tool
window is opened, the main form itself passes focus to the toolwindow.

What I want and need is a toolwindow that works like a control with
tabstop=false, i.e. it doesn't get focus when the window is opened, but
focus is retained at the main form. And when you click a button on the
toolwindow, it processes the click event and returns focus to the main form.

Is that possible?

Cheers,
Johnny J.

[Johnny Jörgensen]

Tried that, but it doesn't work.

It goes into an endless loop somehow...

/Johnny J.

"Adrian Voicu" <Ad*********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>
You could set the focus back to the main form after you show the tool bar.

Form myToolBar = new Form();
myToolBar.Show();
this.Focus(); // focus back to the main form

Adrian.
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[Please mark my answer if it was helpful to you]


"Johnny Jörgensen" wrote:

>I've a form that opens a tool window. The problem is that when the tool
window is opened, the main form itself passes focus to the toolwindow.

What I want and need is a toolwindow that works like a control with
tabstop=false, i.e. it doesn't get focus when the window is opened, but
focus is retained at the main form. And when you click a button on the
toolwindow, it processes the click event and returns focus to the main
form.

Is that possible?

Cheers,
Johnny J.

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When does it go into an endless loop? Can you describe what is happening?

Adrian.
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"Johnny Jörgensen" wrote:

Tried that, but it doesn't work.

It goes into an endless loop somehow...

/Johnny J.

"Adrian Voicu" <Ad*********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:C5**********************************@microsof t.com...

You could set the focus back to the main form after you show the tool bar.

Form myToolBar = new Form();
myToolBar.Show();
this.Focus(); // focus back to the main form

Adrian.
--
[Please mark my answer if it was helpful to you]


"Johnny Jörgensen" wrote:

I've a form that opens a tool window. The problem is that when the tool
window is opened, the main form itself passes focus to the toolwindow.

What I want and need is a toolwindow that works like a control with
tabstop=false, i.e. it doesn't get focus when the window is opened, but
focus is retained at the main form. And when you click a button on the
toolwindow, it processes the click event and returns focus to the main
form.

Is that possible?

Cheers,
Johnny J.