Events and sender object

Question

I have a datagrid and 2 textboxes that all trigger the same Leave event. Now I would like to know which tool got me into the event. When I check the value of *sender*, it is System.Windows.Forms.Textbox, and the .Text value of the textbox if there is one.

Is there a way to get the exact senders name, like TextBox1, or dataGrid1?

Bevan Shervey · Answer

Works perfectly. Thank you very much!

Alan · Answer

If the Name property of the controls has been set you could use: string name = ((Control)sender).Name;