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<legacy_id>1140</legacy_id>

<name>focus</name>

<type>command</type>

<syntax>

<example>focus [on] <i>object</i></example>

<example>focus on nothing</example>

</syntax>

<synonyms>

</synonyms>

<summary>Places the <glossary tag="insertion point">insertion point</glossary> in a <keyword tag="field">field</keyword>, makes a <keyword tag="control">control</keyword> active, or removes focus from all controls.</summary>

<examples>

<example>focus on field 1</example>

<example>focus on the mouseControl</example>

<example><p>focus on graphic "Move Me"</p></example>

<example>focus on nothing</example>

</examples>

<history>

<introduced version="1.0">Added.</introduced>

<deprecated version=""></deprecated>

<removed version=""></removed>

<experimental version=""></experimental>

<nonexperimental version=""></nonexperimental>

</history>

<objects>

</objects>

<platforms>

<mac/>

<windows/>

<linux/>

<ios/>

<android/>

</platforms>

<classes>

<desktop/>

<server/>

<web/>

<mobile/>

</classes>

<security>

</security>

<classification>

<category>User Interaction</category>

</classification>

<references>

<function tag="focusedObject">focusedObject Function</function>

<function tag="mouseStack">mouseStack Function</function>

<command tag="select">select Command</command>

<property tag="focusColor">focusColor Property</property>

<property tag="focusPattern">focusPattern Property</property>

<property tag="lockText">lockText Property</property>

<property tag="lookAndFeel">lookAndFeel Property</property>

<property tag="showFocusBorder">showFocusBorder Property</property>

<property tag="selected">selected Property</property>

<property tag="traversalOn">traversalOn Property</property>

<message tag="enterKey">enterKey Message</message>

<message tag="focusIn">focusIn Message</message>

<message tag="keyDown">keyDown Message</message>

<message tag="keyUp">keyUp Message</message>

<message tag="returnKey">returnKey Message</message>

<message tag="tabKey">tabKey Message</message>

<message tag="mouseWithin">mouseWithin Message</message>

<message tag="mouseLeave">mouseLeave Message</message>

<message tag="focusOut">focusOut Message</message>

</references>

<description>Use the <b>focus</b> <glossary tag="command">command</glossary> to make a <keyword tag="control">control</keyword> active--that is, to make it receive any keystrokes the user types.<p></p><p><b>Parameters:</b></p><p>The <i>object</i> is any <glossary tag="object">object</glossary> on the <glossary tag="current card">current card</glossary>.</p><p></p><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>If the object's <b>traversalOn</b> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> is false, it cannot receive the <command tag="focus">focus</command>, and the <b>focus</b> <glossary tag="command">command</glossary> causes an <glossary tag="error">error</glossary>.</p><p></p><p>If the <b>lookAndFeel</b> is set to "Motif", the <glossary tag="active control">focused control</glossary> is outlined, and the <keyword tag="control">control</keyword> receives any keystrokes (and the <glossary tag="message">messages</glossary> associated with them).</p><p></p><p>If the <b>lookAndFeel</b> is set to "Appearance Manager" or "Macintosh", an outline is drawn around <glossary tag="field">fields</glossary>, <glossary tag="image">images</glossary>, and <glossary tag="EPS">EPS objects</glossary> whose <property tag="showFocusBorder">showFocusBorder</property> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> is set to true. Otherwise, the <glossary tag="appearance">appearance</glossary> of the <glossary tag="active control">focused control</glossary> does not change, but it receives keystroke <glossary tag="message">messages</glossary>.</p><p></p><p>If the <b>lookAndFeel</b> is set to "Windows 95", a dotted outline is drawn within <glossary tag="button">buttons</glossary> when they receive the <command tag="focus">focus</command>.</p><p></p><p>If the <i>object</i> is an <glossary tag="unlock">unlocked</glossary> <keyword tag="field">field</keyword>, the <glossary tag="insertion point">insertion point</glossary> is placed after the text in the <keyword tag="field">field</keyword>.</p><p></p><p>Use the <b>focus on nothing</b> command to remove focus from all objects on a card.</p></description>

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