GetFocus

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This function retrieves the handle to the keyboard focus window associated with the thread that called the function.

HWND
GetFocus(void);

Return Values

The handle to the window with the keyboard focus indicates success. NULL indicates that the calling thread's message queue does not have an associated window with the keyboard focus.

Remarks

Even if GetFocusreturns NULL, another thread's queue may be associated with a window that has the keyboard focus.

Use the GetForegroundWindowfunction to retrieve the handle to the window with which the user is currently working. You can associate your thread's message queue with the windows owned by another thread by using the AttachThreadInputfunction.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winuser.h		Caret.lib, Foregnd.lib

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.