how to know which control is focused

[meghamaharshi]

hi, i have many text boxes on my web page, how can i get which text box is focused. Thank You

[OriginalGriff]

foreach (Control c in Controls)
{
if (c.Focused)
{
// Found it!
MessageBox.Show(c.Text);
}
}

Remember to check if it is a TextBox, as buttons etc can also have the focus.

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[Programm3r]

Something like this should work: foreach (Control ctrl in Page.Controls) { if (ctrl is TextBox && ctrl.Focused) { ((TextBox)(ctrl)).Text = "FOUND YOU!!"; } }
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[meghamaharshi]

i am receiving error- Cannot convert method group "Focus" to non delegate type 'bool'

[Programm3r]

Have you had a look at the TexBox Class[^]? Maybe you can find something there... Kind regards,

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[benjymous]

Controls have an event that's triggered when they get focus, so you could just hook into this on every control, and store the last focused item yourself

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[Henry Minute]

You would probably get better responses on the Web Development Forum, but for what it's worth in Windows Forms there is the ActiveControl property. Is that also available For ASP?

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