Never mind, I found it right after I sent this. In case you're interested, it's the logically named 'SetFocus', and it works on all controls. (I thought it only worked on actual windows, but decided to give it a whirl while I waited for an answer, and lo and behold, it works on controls as well.)
> I looked for this on both archives (old one at http-tech and new one > at SourceForge) and found nothing. How can I give the focus back to a > control? I want focus to return to a textfield after pressing a > button. Specifically, the subroutine called by clicking the button > should select some text, but even if I call $TextFieldName->Select as > the last thing in the subroutine, the focus remains on the button. If > I click in the textfield, I lose the selection because the cursor > jumps to wherever I clicked. > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users >