[RESOLVED] Remove Focus From Listbox

[toecutter]

I have 4 Listbox's on a form.

I can click in all 4 and they maintain focus.

How can i remove focus from all the Listbox's except the one i have just selected when i select a Listbox?

I have tried

   Me.lstExternalDoors.SelectedIndex = -1
        Me.lstInternalDoors.SelectedIndex = -1
        Me.lstInternalWindows.SelectedIndex = -1

and

   Me.lstExternalDoors.SelectedItem = -1
        Me.lstInternalDoors.SelectedItem = -1
        Me.lstInternalWindows.SelectedItem = -1

This works but i have to click the item in the listbox twice to give it focus.

Regards

toe

[keystone_paul]

When you say they all retain the focus - do you mean they all show their selections? That is different from focus - a listbox will retain its selection whether focussed or not. Only one control can have the focus at any one time.

The best approach depends on what you are trying to achieve, if you are saying that the user must only be able to select one item from the whole form then an approach like the one you describe above would work, but you may need to call the "Focus" method of the listbox clicked after deselecting the entries in the other listboxes.

If all you want to do is suppress the display of the selected item in the listboxes that aren't selected, you might want to consider switching from using listboxes to listview controls instead. Listviews have a property "HideSelection" which when true (which is the default) hides the selection marker when the control loses the focus.

[keystone_paul]

Another alternative approach if you want the user selection to be mutually exclusive (ie only one item from the entire set of listboxes, would again to switch to using a listview set to details or list view, and set up four groups - this will visually separate the items into four sub-lists within a single list.

If you want an example fo how to do this just shout!

[toecutter]

When you say they all retain the focus - do you mean they all show their selections?

Yes selection.

I forgot you can use a listview with only one column

Thanks

toe