Key Pressed

On my form I have a textbox and a grid. The textbox has Tab Index 0 and Grid has Tab Index 1 (these cannot be changed). When I press tab in the textbox it automatically sends focus to the grid, however I want the code to do something when tab is pressed.
Code I have tried:

Code:

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Private Sub txtBox_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
       
    Select Case KeyCode 
        Case vbKeyTab
            ' Do this
        Case vbKeyReturn
            ' Do this
    End Select

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Strange thing is it will go into the code if I press return but not if I press tab:confused:

i think you would have to catch it in the keydown event, or if not then try the forms keydown event. by the time that the keypress event has fired, the tab key has been pressed and focus will be moved to the next control ;)

Quote:

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i think you would have to catch it in the keydown event

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I am using the keydown event

Code:

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Private Sub txtBox_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
       
    Select Case KeyCode 
        Case vbKeyTab
            ' Do this
        Case vbKeyReturn
            ' Do this
    End Select

End Sub

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I have tried the Form_Keydown event also but it doesn't work:mad:

Any other suggestions?

Just a small trick, set the property tabstop of the grid to false. Otherwise you should subclass your form and catch the Tab key.
3rd option is to place a hook on Keyboard_LL with setwindowshook and catch VK_Tab I think.