WM_KILLFOCUS (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

This message is sent to a window immediately before it loses the keyboard focus.

Syntax

WM_KILLFOCUS hwndGetFocus = (HWND) wParam;

Parameters

  • hwndGetFocus
    Handle to the window that receives the keyboard focus; can be NULL.

Return Value

An application should return zero if it processes this message.

Remarks

If an application is displaying a caret, the caret should be destroyed at this point.

Requirements

Header

winuser.h

See Also

Reference

Keyboard Messages
SetFocus
WM_SETFOCUS