Problem with order of events

Question

I have a tab control where each tab item has a set of text boxes. I have a control flag that is set when these text boxes loose focus. This flag is checked when the tab control selection changes.

The problem is that if I have the focus in a text box and then I change tab, the tab control SelectionChanged event is triggered before the text box LostFocus event.

Isn't it supposed to be the opposite order?

Is there any other way to do this?

Thanks

 

 

Answer 1

CGravato said:

Is there any other way to do this? 

What are you actually trying to do?

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Patric

Answer 2

Hi,

As patric said what are you trying to do?

The order of the events are just fine. First the tab selection is changed which causes a loss in focus in the TextBox, not the other way around as you have described.

 

Hope it clears some.

 

-noorbakhsh

Answer 3

Sorry if I didn't explain it well...

I have to set a flag whenever a control, inside a tab item, has its value altered. So that when the user changes tab, it is asked if the user wants to save the changes.

I used a strategy to set that flag at the lost focus event of the controls. But since it's fired after the selection changed it's not working.

I find it intriguing because I have exactly the same behaviour with a list view instead of a tab control and the lost focus is fired before selection changed..

Thanks for helping.

Answer 4

For TextBox you can use the 'TextChanged' event and set your flag at that point. This way you just see if any flags are set just before changing tabs.

I hope this helps.

 

-noorbakhsh