how to keep the main window focused when I interact with a child window?

[FireFox]

Hi,

I want to know how to keep the main window focused/active when I interact with the child window (i.e: type text on a textbox in the child gui)

Maybe it's a kind of gui style but I havn't found.

Br, FireFox.

Edited May 10, 2011 by FireFox

[KaFu]

Something like this?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate("My GUI",220,220,100,100)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$hChild = GUICreate("Child", 220, 220, 400, 100, Default, Default, $hParent)
GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 10, 200, 200)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE)

GUIRegisterMsg($WM_ACTIVATE, "WM_ACTIVATE")

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
WEnd
GUIDelete()

Func WM_ACTIVATE($hWnd, $msg, $wParam, $lParam)
    Switch $hWnd
        Case $hChild
            If $wParam Then
                WinActivate($hParent)
            EndIf
    EndSwitch
    Return $GUI_RUNDEFMSG
EndFunc   ;==>WM_ACTIVATE

[FireFox]

@KaFu

I can't type text in the child input GUI...

Br, FireFox.

[Melba23]

FireFox,

You cannot have more than one GUI "active" at a time - this is a perfectly understandable Windows limitation. So you cannot have the main GUI "active" if you want to type in the child.

But you can keep the main GUI "responsive" - i.e. its controls will action when pressed. Take a look at the Managing Multiple GUIs tutorial in the Wiki.

M23

[FireFox]

FireFox,

You cannot have more than one GUI "active" at a time - this is a perfectly understandable Windows limitation. So you cannot have the main GUI "active" if you want to type in the child.

But you can keep the main GUI "responsive" - i.e. its controls will action when pressed. Take a look at the Managing Multiple GUIs tutorial in the Wiki.

M23

hmm I was sure I have seen it somewhere... anyway thanks for your reply guys.

Br, FireFox.