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I think that the problem here is that a listcontrol is regarded as a single entity by the skin engine, even though it may contain multiple lines in a textual list, or multiple thumbnails in a thumbnail view. So onfocus is executed only when the listcontrol receives the focus, and not when the user moves between items in the list.

The variable #selectedthumb contains the identity of the current thumbnail, but can the value be inherited by the window that is displayed next? Does that variable still have a value when the next window is displayed, or is the variable reset to the null string? I don't know. You would need to experiment.

[USER=54906]@catavolt[/USER] is the acknowledged world expert on MP skins. He may have an idea of how you can achieve what you want.

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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1295869" data-attributes="member: 141969">I think that the problem here is that a listcontrol is regarded as a single entity by the skin engine, even though it may contain multiple lines in a textual list, or multiple thumbnails in a thumbnail view.&nbsp; So onfocus is executed only when the listcontrol receives the focus, and not when the user moves between items in the list.The variable #selectedthumb contains the identity of the current thumbnail, but can the value be inherited by the window that is displayed next? Does that variable still have a value when the next window is displayed, or is the variable reset to the null string? I don't know. You would need to experiment. [USER=54906]@catavolt[/USER] is the acknowledged world expert on MP skins. He may have an idea of how you can achieve what you want.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1295869, member: 141969"] I think that the problem here is that a listcontrol is regarded as a single entity by the skin engine, even though it may contain multiple lines in a textual list, or multiple thumbnails in a thumbnail view. So [b]onfocus[/b] is executed only when the listcontrol receives the focus, and not when the user moves between items in the list. The variable [b]#selectedthumb[/b] contains the identity of the current thumbnail, but can the value be inherited by the window that is displayed next? Does that variable still have a value when the next window is displayed, or is the variable reset to the null string? I don't know. You would need to experiment. [USER=54906]@catavolt[/USER] is the acknowledged world expert on MP skins. He may have an idea of how you can achieve what you want. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]