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Why Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Team didn't use the same semantics of ActiveControl for Winform ?

Answer 1

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Development for WP7 as a whole is similar to Desktop-based WPF development. Seeing as MS is keeping WPF to WinPhone7 namespaces consistent, it actually makes sense in a way.

Semyazas 2010-10-11 19:14:03

Guess it always makes sense in some way :) but then instead of windows 7 I could have replaced the question with WPF.

2010-10-13 20:46:24

I think the whole point is getting more clear on what exactly the state of the control is. Active only means "can be interacted with", whereas focused is a well-defined description. It always depends on viewpoint, and it might be a nuisance if you're used to the Forms Namespace, but if you just happen to start programming for Windows, it's actually less confusing.

Semyazas 2010-10-14 08:13:50

Answer 2

+4 A:

the WP7 api does not stem from Winforms, but from WPF and Silverlight. The question should therefore be why does WPF use GetFocusedElement.

The answer is pretty simple: It was judged more adequate than ActiveControl. What does ActiveControl mean? The active control is the control which has focus. GetFocusedElement seams better to me.

Maupertuis 2010-10-11 19:14:47

But hard to remember FocusManager whereas ActiveControl is in default System.Windows.Forms namespace

2010-10-11 19:27:15

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