I have a user control that contains a few other controls, including Labels. When any of the controls gets focus I want the parent to get notified. I added an Enter event handler to the parent. (Note: with Forms the equivalent to Enter/Leave is Activate/Deactivate.) This almost works – any time I click on anything *except* the Labels the parent control gets focus. After a bit of research I realized my error – Labels cannot receive focus, therefore the Enter event never fires despite it being there due to deriving from the Control class. (Enter and Leave events travel up the tree so all parents controls get notified.)
Stepping back, what I really want is that when I click anywhere on the control an Enter event is fired.