Another stupid Keypress question(RESOLVED)

[The Phoenix]

Well, yes, I'm gonna ask a question about the Keypress event. I know it's been beat to death, but I couldnt find my answer with a search so here goes:

I want the right arrow key to activate the Button click event for a button on my form.

I have tried many different things with the Keypress and Keydown events, but I cant figure it out. I am currently using this code in the KeyDown event from a thread I saw. It doesent work though.

If (e.KeyCode = Keys.Right) Then
            Call btnRight_Click(sender, e)
        Else
            e.Handled = False
        End If

Can anyvody help?

[Pirate]

Where did you put that code ?

[The Phoenix]

In the KeyDown event for the form.

I see in your code that it is in the Textbox1 keyDown event. Can you explain that to me? Does that mean that the event will fire only when that textbox has focus? Obviously, I know nothing about this, so any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the code, BTW.

<EDIT>
Well, I tried the code. I didnt have a textbox on my form, so I put one there. I added your code to the textbox1.keydown event. (I hade to change the e.Keycode.Right to e.Keycode = Keys.Right)

It doesent work. When I press the Right Arrow, it starts cycleing through all my controls.

I apologize if I'm being dense here. As I said, I don't know much about this kind of thing.

[Pirate]

OK . The best bet now is API . It works well . I've got a demo for making hotkeys but it uses ALT+Letter or any else combinations . You wanna have a look ?

[The Phoenix]

Sure. Can't hurt nothing, and I might learn something.

Thanks!

[<ABX]

Set The Forms KeyPreview Property to true and add this code:

Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
            If (e.KeyCode = Keys.Right) Then
                Call btnRight_Click(sender, e)
            Else
                e.Handled = False
            End If
End Sub

[The Phoenix]

Aha! That works perfectly!

Thank you very very much! I had gotten it to sort of work on my own, but this is MUCH easier!

Thanks again!

[Pirate]

Well . I've tried this but if there is a button getting the focus , the form keydown event will not fire . I've trid this before , something like visibling the form if a key is pressed and if the other key is pressed it's shown . I couldn't do this using many ways .I had to use API . That's my point when I mentioned API .

[<ABX]

Originally posted by Pirate
Well . I've tried this but if there is a button getting the focus , the form keydown event will not fire . I've trid this before , something like visibling the form if a key is pressed and if the other key is pressed it's shown . I couldn't do this using many ways .I had to use API . That's my point when I mentioned API .

Even with the forms KeyPreview = True?

[Pirate]

Yes . For making a reliable hotkeys use APIs.