Menu Shortcut Key!

[arpan_de]

The "File" menu in a web browser project has a sub-menu "New" named mnuNew. "New" also has a sub-menu that shows 2 options - "Window" named mnuNewWindow & "Message" named mnuNewMsg. Clicking "Window", as usual, opens a new instance of the browser & clicking "Message" opens the "New Message" window of the default mail client for the user to send a mail. Ctrl+N has been assigned as the shortcut key for "Window" & Ctrl+M has been assigned as the shortcut key for "Message" in the menu editor in the VB IDE (somewhat similar to the File--->New menu in IE).

Now what I find is if I press Ctrl+N on the keyboard, strangely my system's C:\ drive opens up (C:\ & not any other drive maybe because of the fact that the project resides in C:\) but there's no such problem when Ctrl+M is pressed on the keyboard.

I changed the shortcut key of "Window" to, say, Ctrl+Q. Now when I press Ctrl+Q on the keyboard, then a new browser window opens up. I even tried other shortcut combinations & all of them open a new browser window. The problem is only with Ctrl+N.

What's causing this problem? How do I overcome it?

Of course, I can assign any other shortcut to "Window" but since Ctrl+N has been the universally accepted key combination to open a new instance of an app, I did like to adhere to this combination.

[Spajeoly]

Ctrl + N is already hooked in explorer to open a new window. Does our program have a browser control in it?

[arpan_de]

Ctrl + N is already hooked in explorer to open a new window.

So shouldn't Ctrl+N open a new window even without explicitly assigning them as the shortcut keys in the menu editor.

Does our program have a browser control in it?

Yes, of course, it does (Microsoft Internet Control).

[Spajeoly]

That's why it's opening up a new browser, your browser control is trapping the hotkey.

I just got my new system going and don't have VB on it so I can't be sure how to bypass it at this time.

[arpan_de]

That's why it's opening up a new browser

No....it's not opening a new browser - neither the browser I made nor IE......it's opening the C: drive. Pressing Ctrl+N in IE doesn't open any of the drives in Windows Explorer; instead a new IE window opens up........so if not a new window of my browser, pressing Ctrl+N should atleast open a new IE window but even that's not happening..........

[brucevde]

What other controls are on the Form? Whichever control has the focus is intercepting and processing the Ctrl-N.

[arpan_de]

What other controls are on the Form? Whichever control has the focus is intercepting and processing the Ctrl-N

If that's the case, then why isn't Ctrl+M behaving differently? Why isn't Ctrl+Q behaving differently? Is it because Ctrl+N is already hooked in Explorer to open a new window?

[brucevde]

If that's the case, then why isn't Ctrl+M behaving differently?

Obviously the control that has the focus does not intercept and process Ctrl+M.

Is it because Ctrl+N is already hooked in Explorer to open a new window?

If a new IE browser was opening I would say yes, but you said a new Windows Explorer window is opening.

Again, what other controls are on the form?

[arpan_de]

There are lots of controls on the Form - the Microsoft Internet Control, 9 Picture Boxes, a ComboBox, a StatusBar, a ProgressBar, a ListView, a TreeView, a FolderTreeView, a few Labels, a Checkbox, a few Lines etc....etc....etc....