Focus cue for RadCheckbox with no label

[Lou]

Hi, I have some RadCheckboxes that have no labels. When I tab to them there is no visual indication that these checkboxes have focus. Is there a way to do this?
I do have "AllowShowFocusCues" set to True.

Thanks,

-Lou

[Hristo]

Hello Lou,

Thank you for writing.

In this case I would suggest that you subscribe to the GotFocus and LostFocus events. In the handlers you can define a proper setting so that it will become obvious if the check box is on focus or not. In my example I am changing the ForeColor property of the CheckMarkPrimitive object. Please refer to the following sample: 

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private Color defaultColor;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.radCheckBox1.GotFocus +=radCheckBox_GotFocus;
        this.radCheckBox1.LostFocus += radCheckBox_LostFocus;
        this.radCheckBox2.GotFocus += radCheckBox_GotFocus;
        this.radCheckBox2.LostFocus += radCheckBox_LostFocus;
        this.radCheckBox3.GotFocus += radCheckBox_GotFocus;
        this.radCheckBox3.LostFocus += radCheckBox_LostFocus;
    }

    private void radCheckBox_LostFocus(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RadCheckBox checkBox = sender as RadCheckBox;
        checkBox.ButtonElement.CheckMarkPrimitive.Border.ForeColor = this.defaultColor;
    }

    private void radCheckBox_GotFocus(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RadCheckBox checkBox = sender as RadCheckBox;
        this.defaultColor = checkBox.ButtonElement.CheckMarkPrimitive.Border.ForeColor;
        checkBox.ButtonElement.CheckMarkPrimitive.Border.ForeColor = Color.Red;
    }
}

I am also attaching a gif file showing the result on my end.

I hope this helps. Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to write back.


Regards,
Hristo Merdjanov
Telerik

 

 

[Lou]

That's cool - thanks for the help Hristo.

-Lou