Question

I am using SendKeys.Send("{HOME}") in a MaskedTextBox to bring the cursor to the beginning of the textbox when the text is empty.

When I try to close the project the application freezes if it doesn’t have focus.

How do I put this application in focus before I call SendKeys?

Public Class Form1

Private Sub MaskedTextBox1_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MaskedTextBox1.GotFocus
    Try
        SendKeys.Send("{HOME}")
    Catch ex As InvalidOperationException
        ' Do nothing
    End Try
End Sub
End Class

After that, it should give focus to the previous application and close.

Answer 1

{HOME} is like hitting the home key, this will not bring focus.

best thing to do to bring focus is to call the focus method on the text control. like textbox.focus();

Please include your page code, or an example of what is on the page.

MaskedTextBox1.Select(0,0)