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UIElement.MoveFocus Method

.NET Framework 4

Attempts to move focus from this element to another element. The direction to move focus is specified by a guidance direction, which is interpreted within the organization of the visual parent for this element.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
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Public Overridable Function MoveFocus ( _
	request As TraversalRequest _
) As Boolean

Parameters

request
Type: System.Windows.Input.TraversalRequest
A traversal request, which contains a property that indicates either a mode to traverse in existing tab order, or a direction to move visually.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the requested traversal was performed; otherwise, false.

Make sure you check the return value of this method. A return value of false might be returned if the traversal runs into a tab stop that is defined by a control's composition, and the traversal request did not request to wrap.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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