Use Enter Key or Arrow Key as well as Tab Key

[Guest]

I have a client who wishes to use the Enter Key and/or Arrow Keys, as well as
the Tab Key, to navigate between Fields in a Windows form.

Is this possible using C# in Visual Studio 2000 ?

 

[ShaneB]

Yes, you can use Control.KeyDown (or Control.KeyUp) event to accomplish
this.

ShaneB

 

[Guest]

Look into KeyPreview, OnKeyPress.

KeyPreview instructs the framework to send you the keys pressed on the form.
OnKeyPress will allow you to see what key is pressed. You can then use the
following code to find the next control:

if (ActiveControl != null)
ActiveControl.GetNextControl(ActiveControl, true);

Don't forget to check for shift key. Pass false to the second param in that
case.

 

[ShaneB]

Using the form's KeyPreview will work....but using the KeyPress event will
not. He will need to use the KeyUp or KeyDown event instead.

From the online help:
"The KeyPress event is not raised by noncharacter keys; however, the
noncharacter keys do raise the KeyDown and KeyUp events."

ShaneB