Focus control

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   Hi... 

I've been locking for any similar problem in the codejock's knowledgment database, but I dont' find anything.

I'm working with dockingpane. I have 3 forms docked in the main form. How I can to "pass the focus" between the docked forms (panes)?. I'm clicking the form's title, but it works sometimes...

There is a way to set the focus to a specific form?

Regards,
Elvis

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ElvisM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 October 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ElvisM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Focus control Posted: 05 August 2008 at 1:00am
	Hi... I've been locking for any similar problem in the codejock's knowledgment database, but I dont' find anything. I'm working with dockingpane. I have 3 forms docked in the main form. How I can to "pass the focus" between the docked forms (panes)?. I'm clicking the form's title, but it works sometimes... There is a way to set the focus to a specific form? Regards, Elvis
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 17.2 Platform: Windows 10 64bits Language: Visual Basic 2015

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 August 2008 at 1:39am
	Hi, Call pane.Select() it will move focus to docked form.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

ElvisM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 October 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ElvisM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 August 2008 at 12:28pm
	Hi Oleg, thanks for your answer. I did this change, but the problem persists. The pane take the focus, I can see the first fields focused, but when I fire the tab key, the cursor doesn't change. It stays in the first field... I'm using this code: ... DP.Panes(1).Select 'DP is the Docking Pane FParam.SetFocus 'FParam is the Form variable ... If I comment the second line (FParam...) the result is the same... I'm missing something?? Regards, Elvis
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 17.2 Platform: Windows 10 64bits Language: Visual Basic 2015

ElvisM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 October 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ElvisM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2008 at 9:18am
	Hi Oleg, thanks for your answer. The problem with the focus was solved using picture instead forms. Regards, Elvis
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 17.2 Platform: Windows 10 64bits Language: Visual Basic 2015

ElvisM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 October 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ElvisM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2008 at 2:51pm
	Hi Oleg. The DP focus problem has been solved, but a new problem appears... When I float some pane (picturebox) I can use any main form's control (toolbar, other pane, etc). I need to close or dock the floated pane in order to work with my main form's control. It is working like the modal form. Now, what can I do to solve this issue?
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 17.2 Platform: Windows 10 64bits Language: Visual Basic 2015

ElvisM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 October 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote ElvisM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 August 2008 at 10:34pm
	There's a solution for this issue? Maybe in the next release? Please, HELP!
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 17.2 Platform: Windows 10 64bits Language: Visual Basic 2015

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 August 2008 at 2:27am
	Hello, Yes, TabStop of picturebox and controls inside it have to be set to False :-( to allow float pane.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Baldur Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 November 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 244	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baldur Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:01am
	The main problem is from VB ! VB holds own Focus in Screen.ActiveForm and Screen.ActiveControl. The TAB-Key is processed first from a form to change a focus. So if you use a form, the tab works only inside the form if the form is activated by MyPane.Select(). Also, if a form contains a control like ComboBox or PropertyGrid, the dropdown can loose the focus of the form. DockingPane fire also an deativated-event. But this is by design of VB.

Jean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 110	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jean Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 September 2008 at 7:49am
	Old thread, same problem: http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10148 And here a new thread: http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11854 And still I didn't found the perfect solution... Conslusion as I understand: Forms in panes: No problem with floting panes, but problem with tab. PictureBox/UserControl in panes: No tab problem, but lock problem with floting panes.
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) Version 15.0.2 Platform: Windows XP (32bit) German - SP 2 Language: VB6 / C# 4.0

ScottW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 02 August 2005 Status: Offline Points: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote ScottW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 November 2008 at 3:30pm
	So what are people doing about these focus issues? I see the problems here, and I am having them now too, but no really good clear solution. I have an MDI Form with several docking panes which contain various things on forms right now. They work fine, but when a child window is opened and focus goes to the child window, the arrow keys don't work and it seems focus returns to some random place on one of the docking panels. Clicking all around a lot sometimes gets it working again for a while. This is not acceptable though. I see that using pictureboxes instead of forms helps some, but is not a perfect solution either. I need panes that can float. What seems to work best for those that have had to deal with this before?

LeeHayton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 102	Post Options Post Reply Quote LeeHayton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 January 2009 at 5:26am
	I think I have found a work around for FORMS! After trying all sorts of things I have discovered that if I have another Codejock control on Form 1 then I can click between textboxes on form 1 and Form 2 quite happily. So what I have done is replace the textboxes on the Form with the DockingPane control on it (Form 1) with Codejock's own textbox control (FlatEdit) and the problem goes away. Not sure why this works - but it does. :-)