Delete Key Press on DataGrid

Is there a way to catch a Delete Key press on a DataGrid. I have tried writing KeyPress and KeyDown events, but it looks like something internal to the component is grabbing the key press first. The symbol on the left changes to the Microsoft changing record pencil.

Choose (Overrides) in the top left dropdown box in your code window. In the right dropdown, scroll down to ProcessCmdKey and click it. It will fill in:

VB Code:

Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As System.Windows.Forms.Message, ByVal keyData As System.Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean
 
    End Function

but you need to be sure to process the event as normal after you're done with it:

VB Code:

Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As System.Windows.Forms.Message, ByVal keyData As System.Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean
 
        ' do something with the key press here
 
        Return MyBase.ProcessCmdKey(msg, keyData)
 
    End Function

If delete is pressed, keyData = Keys.Delete