HtmlElement.GotFocus Event

Definition

Occurs when the element has received user input focus.

C#
public event System.Windows.Forms.HtmlElementEventHandler GotFocus;
C#
public event System.Windows.Forms.HtmlElementEventHandler? GotFocus;

Event Type

Examples

Save the following HTML code into a file, and load the file into a WebBrowser control in a Windows Forms project.

<HTML>  
    <BODY>  
        <FORM name="form1">  
            <INPUT type="text" size=20 name="text1">  
            <INPUT type="text" size=20 name="text2">  
            <INPUT type="text" size=20 name="text3">  
        </FORM>  
    </BODY>  
</HTML>  

The following code example prevents the next INPUT element in the tab order from receiving user input focus if the previous element contains less than five characters. The example requires that the previously mentioned HTML file is loaded into an instance of the WebBrowser control named WebBrowser1.

C#
HtmlElement targetFormElement;

private void HandleFormFocus()
{
    if (webBrowser1.Document != null)
    {
        HtmlDocument doc = webBrowser1.Document;
        if (doc.Forms.Count > 0)
        {
            HtmlElement targetForm = doc.Forms[0];
            HtmlElementCollection searchCollection = targetForm.All.GetElementsByName("text1");
            if (searchCollection.Count == 1)
            {
                targetFormElement = searchCollection[0];
            }
        }
    }
}

private void TargetFormElement_Focus(Object sender, HtmlElementEventArgs e)
{
    HtmlElement textElement = e.FromElement;
    String elementText = textElement.GetAttribute("value");

    // Check that this value is at least five characters long.
    if (elementText.Length < 5)
    {
        e.ReturnValue = true;
        MessageBox.Show("The entry in the current field must be at least five characters long.");
    }
}

Remarks

You can neither cancel this event's default behavior, nor prevent it from bubbling. To remove focus from an element, call Focus on a different element from within the GotFocus event.

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

See also