how to get currently focused control

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hi i am working on a windows form application and i face a necessity to use key_press event on the form. and if the key_press event is currently applied for the textboxes then i will do something.
so the question is that how i will come to know in my code behind that the currently focused control is a textbox??
any help will b highly appreciated. :)

Posted 17-Oct-12 20:38pm

choudhary.sumit

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Jim Jos · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17T20:58:00

Some of these links will get you an answer.. Its not straight forward though..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/660173/how-do-i-find-out-which-control-has-focus-in-net-winforms[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/435433/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-find-focused-control-in-winforms-app[^]

http://community.devexpress.com/forums/p/76720/262785.aspx[^]