How to remove focus from a textbox in C#/WinForms

Question

I need to remove the focus from several textboxes; I tried using:

textBox.Focused = false;

but the property is read only. I then tried setting the focus on the form, so as to remove it from all the textboxes, but this also fails to work:

this.Focus();

and the function returns false when a textbox is selected. So; how do I remove focus from a textbox?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try disabling and enabling the textbox.

Answer 2

You need some other focusable control to move the focus to.

Note that you can set the Focus to a Label. You might want to consider where you want [Tab] to take it next.

Answer 3

Focus sets the input focus, so setting it to the form won't work because forms don't accept input. Try setting the form's ActiveControl property to a different control. You could also use Select to select a specific control or SelectNextControl to select the next control in the tab order.