HtmlDocument.ActiveElement Property

Definition

Provides the HtmlElement which currently has user input focus.

C#
public System.Windows.Forms.HtmlElement ActiveElement { get; }
C#
public System.Windows.Forms.HtmlElement? ActiveElement { get; }

Property Value

The HtmlElement which currently has user input focus.

Remarks

When the document has focus, but no element of the document has been given focus, ActiveElement returns the element corresponding to the <BODY> tag.

If the document does not have focus, ActiveElement returns null.

If the current element with input focus is a cell (TD) in an HTML TABLE tag, ActiveElement will return the element that contains the TABLE element.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also