[2005] Accept Enter Key

[asm]

I have 4 textbox in one form, If I press tab key it move to textbox1 to textbox2…
I want to this will be done press Enter Key also , Is there any properties ?


thanks

[Paul M]

If e.KeyCode = Keys.Escape Then
            TextBox2.Focus()
End If

Something like that in the keydown event of each textbox could work. Make sure you change the TextBox number to the one you want to set focus to.

[robertx]

To achieve this, I add a handler for the Text Box KeyDown events in the Form Load event as follows. This will set the handler for all text boxes on the form so that you don't have to handle each control's KeyDown event individually.

Paste this into your form and then simply set the TabStop properties of all text boxes to True and set the TabIndex properties in the order that you wish to tab.

 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        AddHandlers()
    End Sub

    Private Sub ReturnKeyTabs(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs)
        ReturnKeyTabs(e.KeyCode)
    End Sub

    Private Sub ReturnKeyTabs(ByVal KeyCode As System.Windows.Forms.Keys)

        If KeyCode = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Return Then
            System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{Tab}")
            KeyCode = 0
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub AddHandlers()
        Try

            Dim ctl As Control = Me.GetNextControl(Me, True) 'Get the first control in the tab order.

            Do Until ctl Is Nothing

                If TypeOf ctl Is System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Then

                    AddHandler ctl.KeyDown, AddressOf ReturnKeyTabs

                End If

                ctl = Me.GetNextControl(ctl, True) 'Get the next control in the tab order.

            Loop

        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

    End Sub

[Hack]

Typically, I use the KeyPress even for enter rather than KeyDown.

[asm]

Code is working properly if only textbox is there , if i put button in between then it do not move to next textbox.
ex. textbox1,textbox1,button1, textbox3,

[jmcilhinney]

Person 1: I have a piece of wood and I want to chop it in half. How do I do it?

Person 2: Take your axe and swing it at the middle of the wood.

Person 1: That worked for that piece of wood. I have three more pieces of wood. How would I chop them in half too?

What do you think Person 1 should do? What works for one object will work for more than one object. You just have to do it more than once. If you've got code that works for one TextBox, don't you think it will work if you do the same thing for each of them?

[robertx]

Typically, I use the KeyPress even for enter rather than KeyDown.

What is the advantage of the KeyPress event over the KeyDown event?

[robertx]

Code is working properly if only textbox is there , if i put button in between then it do not move to next textbox.
ex. textbox1,textbox1,button1, textbox3,

Set the TabStop property of the button to False or change its TabIndex property so that it does not receive focus at that point.