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UIElement Class
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 MoveFocus Method

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.NET Framework Class Library
UIElement..::.MoveFocus Method

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)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function MoveFocus ( _
    request As TraversalRequest _
) As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As UIElement
Dim request As TraversalRequest
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.MoveFocus(request)
C#
public virtual bool MoveFocus(
    TraversalRequest request
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual bool MoveFocus(
    TraversalRequest^ request
)
JScript
public function MoveFocus(
    request : TraversalRequest
) : boolean
XAML
You cannot use methods in XAML.

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.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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