[HeBTeMy]

Hi again, i was thinking on how can i see wich window is focus? Like when open something, know the name of the window, where should i look for it?

[CharlieMay]

Well, off the top of my head you could look through the My.Application.OpenForms collection and check which one has .Focused = true

There's probably another way, but it was just the first thing I thought of.

[andrewsw]

CharlieMay, on 30 January 2013 - 01:16 PM, said:

Well, off the top of my head you could look through the My.Application.OpenForms collection and check which one has .Focused = true

There's probably another way, but it was just the first thing I thought of.

ContainsFocus is probably more reliable />

        For Each frm As Form In Application.OpenForms
            If frm.ContainsFocus Then
                MessageBox.Show(frm.Name)
            End If
        Next

But I would question why you need to do this? Where would you put this code?!

Each form should be self-contained - responsible for its own destiny - so your request should not really be necessary.

Added: We can read the property directly with the shared property ActiveForm:

MessageBox.Show(Form.ActiveForm.Name)

This post has been edited by andrewsw: 30 January 2013 - 01:30 PM

[HeBTeMy]

Thanks for the help, that's useful to know even not what i was looking, i was looking in the window itself, not inside the app.. i found it here http://social.msdn.m...a3-646ab6551f09

Thanks, as i say, that's useful for the future and sorry if i didn't make my question clear.

[andrewsw]

HeBTeMy, on 30 January 2013 - 02:09 PM, said:

Thanks for the help, that's useful to know even not what i was looking, i was looking in the window itself, not inside the app.. i found it here http://social.msdn.m...a3-646ab6551f09

Thanks, as i say, that's useful for the future and sorry if i didn't make my question clear.

Yes, you did refer to window in your opening post />. It's just that most of the time when people refer to window (in .NET) they usually mean form - a form is the window in .NET apps.

No worries. Andy.

This post has been edited by andrewsw: 30 January 2013 - 02:46 PM

[HeBTeMy]

Yeah, i know that : D, i just did not want to type "How i can see the name of the form that is focused on the Windows (OS) not the app one.) or similar, anyway, thanks for the help.