Mdichild form does not receive focus

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I have an MDI form which contains a tree (docked left) which acts as a menu for opening MDIChild forms. When i click on a node of the tree (in NodeMouseClick event), a new MDIChild form is opened. The problem is that it does not receive the focus. The focus always remains on the tree. The MDIChild form does not have a Title and is maximized within the parent MDI form.

What I have tried:

I have tried using .Focus, Activate, BringToFront on the MDIChild form without any luck.

Is there a solution to this problem? Using .NET 4.0.3.

Posted 8-May-19 8:33am

Member 10622063

Updated 8-May-19 8:34am

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[no name] 8-May-19 15:22pm

The child order may not be what you think it is.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/7294a7d8-c85c-44d8-b491-bc13c2500182/focus-mdi-child?forum=csharpgeneral

Member 10622063 8-May-19 15:41pm

It's not a matter of ordering. The first form that opens when i click on a node in the treeview, does not receive the focus as it should. The focus remains on the treeview on the MDI form, as if the treeview steels it.

[no name] 8-May-19 22:49pm

What's your "click" handler? The face-palm is usually that e.Handled is not set to true, causing the "default" behavior you see.

Member 10622063 9-May-19 3:40am

NodeMouseClick. No e.Handled there...

Richard MacCutchan 8-May-19 16:53pm

It would help if you showed the code that sets the focus.

Member 10622063 9-May-19 3:50am

Private Sub Actions_NodeMouseClick(sender As Object, e As TreeNodeMouseClickEventArgs) Handles Actions.NodeMouseClick
SourceForm.MdiParent = MDIForm
SourceForm.Show()
SourceForm.BringToFront() 'Has no effect
SourceForm.Activate() 'Has no effect
End Sub

Dave Kreskowiak 8-May-19 17:50pm

My first thought was try setting the Focus on a control on the form instead of the form itself.

Member 10622063 9-May-19 3:52am

I just tried it. No luck.

It appears that when the NodeMouseClick event is completed, the focus returns to the tree nomatter what you do...

EDIT: It seems that the control of the child Form i Focus, does receive the focus within the form, but the form itself still does not have the focus.

Richard MacCutchan 9-May-19 4:04am

have you tried Form.ActivateMdiChild(Form) Method (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Docs[^]?

Member 10622063 9-May-19 4:20am

Even though i remember i had tried it, i tried it again, just to be sure. Nothing changed though...

After the .Show of the form, i added this:
Me.ActivateMdiChild(SourceForm)

I have also tried performing the above actions from within a Menu, and it worked fine. As long as i Focused on a button on the form, the form had the focus and pressing <space> i saw the button being pressed.

A TreeView bug perhaps?

Richard MacCutchan 9-May-19 4:43am

I have not used MDI in C# but I do remember using it in MFC, and moving the focus worked fine. Unfortunately that is a long way from .NET.

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Member 10622063 · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-08T23:05:00

Solution 1

Wow! After a lot of searching in the last couple of days, i stumbled onto this: Tree control focus frustration | PC Review[^]

The proposal in the final post worked!

Thanks to everyone for the assistance.

Posted 8-May-19 23:05pm

Member 10622063

Updated 8-May-19 23:13pm

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