[Solved] How can I know If the MenuBar in IE is Focussed or Not?

[Zohar]

Hello

I need to know If the MenuBar in IE is Focussed or not.

I used this simple code for testing which control is foccused. I connected it to some HotKey:

Sleep(2000)
MsgBox(0,"",ControlGetFocus(""))

Apparently, when I focus on the URL TextBox and do MsgBox ControlGetFocus(""), it works great and gives me Edit1.

Also when I focus on the Browser Control and do MsgBox ControlGetFocus(""), it also works great and gives me Internet Explorer_Server1.

But If I press Alt, so the Focus will move to the MenuBar, and then MsgBox ControlGetFocus(""), I do not get the right result..

How can I get it correctly?

I need to be able to know whether the MenuBar currently has the focus, or not..

I use IE8, but I had this exact problem in IE7 too.

Thank you

Edited December 16, 2010 by Zohar

[Zohar]

Important Update:

If we try to use ControlGetFocus("") to know if IE's MenuBar is Focussed or not, the resulting behavior is weird, and goes as follows:

• If the last focussed control is the Browser control, then I the result will be Internet Explorer_Server1, eventho the focus has moved to the MenuBar.
• If the last focussed control is the URL TextBox, then the result is some unknown control..

I found a workaround for that, I am posting it here for anyone that might have this problem in the future:

If we press Alt and the focus moves to the MenuBar, the StatusBar's Text changes to

"Contains commands for working with the selected items."

When the focus is not ton the MenuBar, the StatusBar's Text will be anything else, but not the sentence above.

So I use that as an indicator for knowing whether the MenuBar is focussed or not.

like this:

MsgBox(0,"",StatusbarGetText("","",1)="Contains commands for working with the selected items.")

It works nicely =)

Edited December 16, 2010 by Zohar