Shortcut Key question (i.e. "&Submit")

[rh]

I have a Button on a WinForm that has a text property = "&Submit".

I noticed that whenever I pressed the "S" key only (without pressing the
"Alt" key) the Button's click event would fire. I thought that it was only
supposed to fire if the combo "Alt+S" was pressed.

My problem is that I have another control (a DataGrid) that is suppoed to
respond to the "S" key being pressed and I don't want the Button's click
event to be fired. I only want it to be fired if the combo "Alt+S" is
pressed.

Any suggestions?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"rh" <rh******@smci.com> schrieb:

I have a Button on a WinForm that has a text property = "&Submit".

I noticed that whenever I pressed the "S" key only (without pressing the
"Alt" key) the Button's click event would fire. I thought that it was only
supposed to fire if the combo "Alt+S" was pressed.

The button's 'Click' event is fired by pressing the S key if a control that
doesn't expect user input (like a button, for example) has focus. Alt+S
will work too if a textbox has the input focus.

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[Paul E Collins]

"rh" <rh******@smci.com> wrote:

I noticed that whenever I pressed the "S" key only
(without pressing the "Alt" key) the Button's click
event would fire. I thought that it was only supposed
to fire if the combo "Alt+S" was pressed.
No, that behaviour is standard (depending on what already has the
focus).
I only want it to be fired if the combo "Alt+S" is
pressed.

You can test Control.ModifierKeys in the Button's Click event code,
and do something different if the Alt key is being pressed.
Alternatively, set the Form's KeyPreview to true, and you can deal
with keystrokes at form level instead of control level.

P.

[yyy]

I did something like this to ensure that Alt and S are both pressed:
private void Key_Down(object sender,
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
{
if(e.Alt) {
if(e.KeyCode == Keys.s)
{
//1st button is clicked
}
}
if(e.KeyCode == Keys.s)
{
//2nd button is clicked
}
}
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