Get the Active (Focused) Control Outside of your Delphi application

in Advanced Delphi :: When a user is working within your application, to grab the (handle of the) active control - the one with the input focus, you can simply use Delphi's "Screen.ActiveControl" property. Let's say you need to display something like a hint window below the currently active control - you would need to know the bounding rectangle (TRect) of this control that is not inside your application. Here's how using Delphi.

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• Drawing a Focus Rectangle Around the Active Control
• System Tray Delphi application
• TScreen Object Demystified