How I find: What is focused.

The c.GetType().Name == "TextBox" just filters the controls so that all other controls are ignored for this. It is a sample; you can adjust as you need to.
 
Just look at the Control class; I think the Name property is what you are looking for. But maybe it is not; you probably want the label, not the name, and that is not as easy. What I might do is to use the Tag property, as in textbox1.Tag. I would set it to the label control that has the field title in, so I could get the value dynamically. Try to figure that out on your own.

Sam:
 
For testing I took out the: if (c.GetType().Name == "TextBox"). So it would tell me what all of 'c' is.

I will surf and try to find more info on it, to see what else I can pull out of it. Thanks
 

I don't understand why you say it shows: System.Windows.Forms.textBox, Text:
 
Perhaps you are saying that because that is what you are putting out in your code. To see what else you can put out, just look at the members of the Control class or whatever the relevant class is. Did you try that?

Sam:
 
Thanks... Now I see how it works...It cooool.
 
It shows: System.Windows.Forms.textBox, Text:
 
Is there a way I can get back the name of the text box?
 

Sam:
 
Nope, I dont. Is it simple to learn?

Sam:
 
I put it where you wanted me to... but How do I use it?
 
I wanted the value of what is focused to go to:
 
toolStripStatusLabelHint.Text = _______;

It should work to put the code in the form constructor, after the call of InitializeComponent(). InitializeComponent creates the controls and adds event handlers, so your code would do a little more of the same.

Sam:
 
I will try it out. Not sure where to actually put it. But It will give me something to play with.
 
 

Note that the controls in the Controls property includes nested controls. You can get the controls of the form without also getting nested controls by using the GetNextControl method. You could do that in the form load event and assign events, such as Enter and Leave, to each control. You might need to add exceptions, such as ignoring menus (maybe) but otherwise you can handle most or all controls using a single events handler. I suggest not doing that for the validation part; I think validation should be customized for each control.

Control c = GetNextControl(null, true);

while (c != null)

{

	c = GetNextControl(c, true);

}

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Another option is to use an Application.Idle Event for the form and in the event use the ActiveControl property. That might not work if there are multiple forms, unless you include code to deal with that. I think if you add an idle event handler for a form, it will be executed for all forms so that might be too advanced for you if you are not familiar with Windows enough.

Do you want to know that which control is focused, if yes you can apply this code on neccessary place:
foreach (Windows.Forms.Control obj in this.Controls) {
        if (obj.Focused) {
        }
        //obj is focused 
       }
if you want to know another thing,let me know
thanks