Here is an ugly hack: In the Activated event of the child mdi form , set the focus back to the mdi parent.
On 7 July 2010 13:27, Anthony <asale...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Doesn’t work..no matter what i do..the mdi child form gets the focus..really > weird. > > > > > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > On Behalf Of Greg Keogh > Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 11:03 AM > To: 'ozDotNet' > Subject: RE: MDI Form > > > > Hi Anthony, I find that setting the Focus() in Load doesn’t work because > it’s too early, so I usually do it in the first Activate event. I often have > code like this: > > > > If (++activateCount == 1) > > { > > Thing.Focus(); > > // Other stuff for the first time everything is visible > } > > > > You may have to set the focus to a specific control, not the whole form. I > haven’t tried any of this with MDI though. > > > > Greg
