Control.Focus() and Control.Select()

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Could someone explain this sentence clearly? I want to know why for application programmers, use Focus is not better. Thanks.
"Focus is a low-level method intended primarily for custom control authors. Instead,application programmers should use the Select method or the ActiveControl property for child controls, or the Activate method for forms."
Here is the link:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.focus.aspx
You might have to scroll down to see the light yellow note box.

Posted 9-Jun-10 21:10pm

shujsj2010

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2010-06-10T11:56:00

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In both cases, you're telling the parent form to focus on the child, instead of telling the child it is focused. This is probably better b/c it's more likely to raise the right events on the Parent, or something like that, I expect.

Posted 10-Jun-10 11:56am

Christian Graus