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WM_KILLFOCUS

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This message is sent to a window immediately before it loses the keyboard focus.

WM_KILLFOCUS hwndGetFocus = (HWND) wParam;

Parameters

  • hwndGetFocus
    Handle to the window that receives the keyboard focus; can be NULL.

Return Values

An application should return zero if it processes this message.

Remarks

If an application is displaying a caret, the caret should be destroyed at this point.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winuser.h.

See Also

SetFocus | WM_SETFOCUS

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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