[2005][Resolved] Toolstrip Shorcut Question

[admeech29]

Okay, I have a tool strip and it has a shortcut for a button.

    Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
        Me.KeyPreview = True
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
            e.SuppressKeyPress = True
            Go1.PerformClick()
        End If
    End Sub

But when the program first loads I have to press on the main form to make the shortcut be able to be used. How can I get around this?

Thank you,
Adam

[jmcilhinney]

This is not a new topic and should have been added to your previous thread. You should be setting the KeyPreview property of the form to True in the designer. The whole point of setting KeyPreview to True is so that the form will receive all keybourd events. If you wait until a keyboard event is received to set the property to True then you will have already missed some keyboard events. In your previous thread I posted this:

Set the form's KeyPreview property to True, handle the KeyDown event

implying that the property is set first, not inside the event handler.

[jmcilhinney]

Please ask your questions on the forum, not in personal messages, particularly if you already have a thread dedicated to the topic.

Open your form in the designer, open the Properties window, set the KeyPreview property to True.

[admeech29]

Thank you very much. It worked perfect.