ActiveControl not reporting correctly - Bug?

[bjwade62]

I recently moved a listview control inside a SplitContainer. The problem is the ActiveControl is the SplitControl not the listview inside it. Bug?? It worked fine as is until I put the ListView in the SplitterControl.
I have a contextmenu_click event containing the following code.

Private Sub cmnuSelectAll_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmnuSelectAll.Click
If ActiveControl.Name = lvwLeftList.Name Then
Dim ListLeft As ListViewItem
For Each ListLeft In lvwLeftList.Items
If ListLeft.ImageIndex <> 5 Then
ListLeft.Selected = True
End If
Next
End If
If ActiveControl.Name = lvwRightList.Name Then
Dim ListRight As ListViewItem
For Each ListRight In lvwRightList.Items
If ListRight.ImageIndex <> 5 Then
ListRight.Selected = True
End If
Next
End If
End Sub

 

[JohnH]

Instead of coding "ActiveControl.Name", which implies "Me.ActiveControl.Name" and return the active control on the form, use your SplitContainer to search for active control within:

If SplitContainer1.ActiveControl Is lvwLeftList Then
  '...
ElseIf SplitContainer1.ActiveControl Is lvwRightList Then
  '...
End If

 

[bjwade62]

Works Great! Thanks.

Instead of coding "ActiveControl.Name", which implies "Me.ActiveControl.Name" and return the active control on the form, use your SplitContainer to search for active control within:

If SplitContainer1.ActiveControl Is lvwLeftList Then
  '...
ElseIf SplitContainer1.ActiveControl Is lvwRightList Then
  '...
End If