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Catch Key Down Event anywhere on Windows Form

Ben
Hi

I would like to complete a task whenever F4 is pressed by the user anywhere
on a form.

The problem is the Key Down event does not fire for the form if the user is,
for example within a text box. Is there any method of doing this other than
adding the code to the key down event for all controls?

Thanks
B
Nov 18 '06 #1
1 3885
Hi,

If you set the forms keypreview property to true the form will get
the keydown before the textbox.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...eypreview.aspx

Ken
--------------------------

"Ben" wrote:
Hi

I would like to complete a task whenever F4 is pressed by the user anywhere
on a form.

The problem is the Key Down event does not fire for the form if the user is,
for example within a text box. Is there any method of doing this other than
adding the code to the key down event for all controls?

Thanks
B
Nov 18 '06 #2

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