Can focus on SplitContainer be avoided?

Question

WinForm SplitContainer gets focus when it is dragged or clicked, but Splitter does not. A side effect of this is that dragging the SplitContainer panel launches Leave / Validate on other controls, and I need to avoid this.

I have already tried setting TabStop and CausesValidation to False, but without success.

Is there a way to stop SplitContainer from working? (it doesn't matter, I can still use the old Splitter, but I'm losing some good VS properties ...)

Answer 1

Remove the SplitContainer control and manually replace it with the Panel and Splitter controls. A little more effort, but a much cleaner result.

Answer 2

Try using this code:

//This code will move the focus from the splitContainer to TreeView shortly after moved.
private void splitContainer1_SplitterMoved(object sender, SplitterEventArgs e) {
    if(this.splitContainer1.CanFocus) {
       this.splitContainer1.ActiveControl = this.treeView1;
    }
}

Answer 3

Filini,

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private void Button_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if(SplitContainer.ContainsFocus)
        return;
}

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