F1 keydown for menuitem

[B.]

Each of my menuitem has a help topic. When user selects the menuitem
and press F1, it should pop up the help. However, how can I catch the
F1 keydown event for the menuitem? There is no keydown event for the
menuitem.

 

[ClayB]

One way you can do this is to override the form's WndProc and look for
WM_HELP.

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
if (m.Msg == 0x53) //WM_HELP
{
if (this.filesToolStripMenuItem.Selected)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("F1 pressed {0}",
this.filesToolStripMenuItem.Name));
}
else if (this.filesOpenToolStripMenuItem.Selected)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("F1 pressed {0}",
this.filesOpenToolStripMenuItem.Name));
}
}
base.WndProc(ref m);
}

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Clay Burch
Syncfusion, Inc.

 

[B.]

Is this solution for MenuStrip? My form is still using menu.