[RESOLVED] [2005] How do you type in a text box while a button is focused?

[Louix]

I'm making an app and when the user types in a textbox and presses enter-enter acts as the button that does something to the text.
Could somebody please help me?
Like on Google when you type in something and press enter and it returns a page of results.

[.paul.]

you can catch the enter key in the TextBox1_KeyUp event

Private Sub TextBox1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyUp
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
            Button1.PerformClick()
        End If
End Sub

[Hack]

It probably doesn't matter much, but generally I use the KeyPress event

Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyPress
If Asc(e.KeyChar) = Keys.Enter Then   
   Button1.PerformClick()
End If
End Sub

[Louix]

Thanks alot guys but is there anyway to stop it making the noise when you press enter?

[.paul.]

Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown
     If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
         e.SuppressKeyPress = True
         Button1.PerformClick()
     End If
End Sub

[Louix]

Thank you so so much!

[BruceG]

Another option that seems to have been overlooked here: You can set the AcceptButton property of the form. The button you choose will fire its Click event when you press Enter. (In VB6 and before, this is the equivalent of setting a button's "Default" property to True.)