Capturing the "Delete Key"

[venerable bede]

OK folks.

I have a control and wish ti capture the "Delete Key".

I first tried this :

private void desktopThumbs_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyChar == 127)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("DELETE HIT");
            }
        }

And nothing. Literaly nothing happens no matter what keys I hit.
I then tried this :

private void desktopThumbs_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Delete)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("DELETE HIT");
            }
        }

And this event does fire when I hit most keys but not the "Delete" key.

How do I capture the delete key ?


Thanks In Advance

[Harsh Gupta]

KeyPress is meant to capture only alphanumeric characters. For special characters, you need either KeyDown or KeyUp event.

So your second try should work. Adding to this, I'd suggest you to set the KeyPreview Property of the Form/Control (if it exposes) to True. Just give it a try.

[venerable bede]

No joy I'm afraid.

There is no keypreview property and that damn "Del" key never ever seems to fire off the KeyDown event.

This is driving me nuts.

[Negative0]

What kind of control is it?

I just tried with a checkbox and a textbox and both of those showed the messagebox.

[venerable bede]

Its a thumbnail third party control which displays thumbnails of tiff files.

Still don't get it. Why is the Del key causing me grief. grrrr