ListBox Focused Item

Question

Hello, this is a WinForms question.

In a ListBox with SelectionMode = MultiSimple, how can I get the currently focused item?

Note, I don't want to get the SelectedItem or SelectedItems, but the item which currently have the dash lines around, something like ListView.FocusedItem.

Answer 1

I don't think there's one in there by default - a user control may be your only option here.

You may want to rethink what you're doing - why do you need the focussed ones instead of the selected ones? There may be a different way of doing it.

Answer 2

This isn't the perfect solution, but a workaround might be to store the selectedItem into a "focusedItem" when the blur event fires, then simply retrieve it when you need to.

Answer 3

This is kinda hacky, but i haven't found a better solution.

1. Put ListBox.DrawMode on OwnerDrawFixed

2. Capture the DrawItem Event and save the focus index on a field

    if (e.State == DrawItemState.Focus) {
     myfocus = e.Index;
    }
    // Draw the background of the ListBox control for each item.
    e.DrawBackground();
    // Define the default color of the brush as black.
    if (brochas.Count != colores.Count) {
     ProcesarBrochas();
    }
   
   
   // Draw the current item text based on the current Font 
   // and the custom brush settings.
   if (Items.Count > e.Index) {
    e.Graphics.DrawString(Items[e.Index].ToString(),
     e.Font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
   }
   // If the ListBox has focus, draw a focus rectangle around the selected item.
   e.DrawFocusRectangle();
   
   
   

3. Use the myFocus variable