Hi there. In what language / environment? Windows Forms .Net? Is there not perhaps a HasFocus property on those textbox controls? Then you could loop through them and check which is true. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:26 AM, sameer manohtra <sameermanohtra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi list, > I’m in an interesting situation: > > I’m trying to develop a simple form where my users should have > options to change the font size, font style etc on click of buttons. > i know this can be done by writing like following on the button: > > textBox1.Font = new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Bold); > > its working, but the problem is, that I need a bold button which > should change the font style into bold of the text box which is > selected. > > What i mean is, that there should just be one bold button, and if user > is on textbox1 and presses the shortcut key (ctrl+b for instance), > text of textbox 1 should be bolded, but if user is focused on textbox2 > and presses the same shortcut key, text of textbox2 should be changed > this time, not textbox1. > > I know, conditional expressions will be use, but I’m unable to find > out what should I check in this case? > > Please help me doing this. > > Sameer manohtra. > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > -- Jacques Bosch __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind