Re: How to let a CStatic control accept WM_CHAR ?

From:
"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:50:00 -0800
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"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote in message
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"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in
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Hmm, then what window has the focus after a static control is clicked?


Whatever window had the focus - the focus doesn't change (I just tried it
on Vista)


With another app having the focus, I clicked on a static control in a
modal dialog of another app; the result was identical to clicking on the
title bar of the dialog; i.e. the first control in the Z-order (other than
the static control) got the focus.

If this is the behavior, I think perhaps in the OP's case, the CMainFrame
is getting the focus when the static control is clicked on. I typically
handle this something like:

CMainFrame::OnSetFocus(...)
{
   // Give the view first crack at keyboard messages
   GetActiveView()->SetFocus();
}

Maybe this is what is needed.


Could be. That's what CFrameWnd::OnSetFocus() does...

void CFrameWnd::OnSetFocus(CWnd* pOldWnd)
{
    if (m_pViewActive != NULL)
        m_pViewActive->SetFocus();
    else
        CWnd::OnSetFocus(pOldWnd);
}

Mark

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