How to get notified when a window get focus in WPF?

Question

I want to get notified when I click a window in WPF (I use the GotFocus event), but it only triggers when I click on a Combobox in the window. What I want is to get notified when the the window or any of the controls in the window is clicked. Any ideas of how to do this?

Answer 1

Use Activated event instead of GotFocus.

Answer 2

You could try the IsKeyboardFocusWithinChanged event. It should trigger when the keyboard focus is taken by an element of the window, or when it is taken by another window

Answer 3

The GotFocus event doesn't get fired when the Window gets focus, it's intended to be used with controls only. The Activated event serves this particular purpose.