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How might I detect when an InputField comes into focus?

For example ideally something like this would work.

EventHandler[
 InputField["default", String], {
  "FocusGained" :> (MessageDialog["Focus"]),
  "FocusLost" :> (MessageDialog["unFocus"]),
  "Focus" :> (MessageDialog["Focus"])
  }
 ]

After reading this question I assumed "FocusGained,FocusLost or Focus" would do something but I haven't had any luck just yet.

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    $\begingroup$ A workaround may be to use "MouseClicked" to trigger "focus" and then use ControllerState["Button 1"] to trigger "unfocus", using "MouseEntered" and "MouseExited" to determine if the click was inside our outside the input box. $\endgroup$ – C. E. Aug 25 '13 at 17:57
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    $\begingroup$ These are not events for EventHandler but events in GUIKit. $\endgroup$ – Michael E2 Aug 26 '13 at 0:33
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No, there is not anything documented that supports those events directly.

With so many folks digging up undocumented features I think it is safe to say that there isn't anything undocumented either.

There is a possibility of playing with indirect methods, e.g. listening to SelectionData etc. but I don't think it will give us a general tool, or a scalable one.

Maybe someonce will try to cook something up with this idea, meanwhile I think it is worth to take this on from an unanswered stack.

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  • $\begingroup$ I'm assuming "meanwhile I think it is worth to take this on from an unanswered stack" means there is no sense in leaving this question unanswered when there is certainly not a clear answer. $\endgroup$ – William Feb 28 '18 at 3:26
  • $\begingroup$ @William something like that, maybe better "the answer is no but it may be that someone will provide a case specific trick". $\endgroup$ – Kuba♦ Feb 28 '18 at 7:01

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