GetFocus
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This function retrieves the handle to the keyboard focus window associated with the thread that called the function.
Syntax
HWND GetFocus(void);
Parameters
None.
Return Value
The handle to the window with the keyboard focus indicates success. NULL indicates that the calling thread's message queue does not have an associated window with the keyboard focus.
Remarks
Even if GetFocus returns NULL, another thread's queue may be associated with a window that has the keyboard focus.
Use the GetForegroundWindow function to retrieve the handle to the window with which the user is currently working.
Requirements
| Header | winuser.h |
| Library | Caret.lib, Foregnd.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |
See Also
Reference
GetActiveWindow
GetForegroundWindow
GetCapture
SetFocus
WM_KILLFOCUS
WM_SETFOCUS
Keyboard Functions