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Remove focus rect from button

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Topic: Remove focus rect from button

Posted By: JantjeKeizer
Subject: Remove focus rect from button
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 5:26am

Is it possible to remove the focus rect from a pushbutton?
We have an application that uses some small flatstyle buttons with just a 16 pixel image inside.
When the button gains focus, the rectangle is drawn inside the small button temporarily 'destroying' the image.

I've tried to subclass the button to eat the WM_SETFOCUS message. Whilst this works for vb6's native commandbutton, it doesn't seem to be working on the pushbutton.

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Posted By: nighthawk
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 7:21am

I've ran into the same situation with other controls where I don't want it to show a focus rectangle. My solution is to manually move the focus to another control. So, at the end of the click event, have a line such as:

Button1.SetFocus

You can send the focus to any control that has a "SetFocus" method. If there aren't any that you want to get focus, create one and move it off-screen so it is never seen. I don't think it would work to set it to be invisible because I seem to recall that you can't give focus to an invisible control.

Posted By: Jebo
Date Posted: 29 March 2008 at 12:14pm

@Codejock-team

Is there a "DrawFocusRect"-Property in the next release?

Because I've the same problem and the focus rectangle is realy nasty!

Posted By: corpcon
Date Posted: 29 March 2008 at 1:43pm

nighthawk's solution is simple and is what has been used by developers for more than the past decade.

Posted By: Jebo
Date Posted: 29 March 2008 at 1:52pm

@corporn

no this is no solution it is only a workaround.

Because I can't use taborders for my customers. If the user press <Tab> to jump to the next control on form he'll always jump to a special control (what ever one). This "solution" I used before some years - and it is realy bad - the result is a uncontrolled GUI and much more code (U must check if the destination-control is enabled OR U must use "On Error Resume Next" *uaaaa*)

And by the way: nighthawk's "solution" works only, if the user "Click" the button!!! If the user focus the button on another way (like TAB-press) U need code for "On_Focus Event" too!!!

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 1:20am

Hi,

DrawFocusRect property added for 12.0 release

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Oleg, Support Team
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