Which control has the focus in my WPF window, how to find this in Live Visual Tree?-CodePudding

I'm starting to work with a GUI related application in WPF.

I'm using the Live Visual Tree in Visual Studio to investigate the controls on my WPF window.
I know how I can find a control in the Live Visual Tree and see its attributes, but I can't do the other way around:

I am selecting a control on my WPF window while debugging (it's a button), and I would like Visual Studio to open/select/show/jump to that particular control in the Live Visual Tree. Is that even possible?

CodePudding user response：

First, you have to enable the in-app toolbar for hot reload. Go to Tools > Options... in the menu. From there, select Debugging > Hot-Reload in the settings tree view. Tick the Enable in-app toolbar option.

Then start debugging. At the top of your window, a black bar with buttons will appear. Select the Track Focused Element toggle button. After that, the Live Visual Tree will automatically jump to the currently focused element.