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Control::CanFocus Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

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public:
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
property bool CanFocus {
	bool get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the control can receive focus; otherwise, false.

In order for a control to receive input focus, the control must have a handle assigned to it, and the Visible and Enabled properties must both be set to true for both the control and all its parent controls, and the control must be a form or the control's outermost parent must be a form.

The following code example sets focus to the specified Control, if it can receive focus.

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public:
   void ControlSetFocus( Control^ control )
   {

      // Set focus to the control, if it can receive focus.
      if ( control->CanFocus )
      {
         control->Focus();
      }
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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