I am building a tool using C#. It's a Windows application. I have one text box on a form, and I want to assign focus to that text box when the user presses Ctrl + F or Ctrl + S.
How do I do this?
I am building a tool using C#. It's a Windows application. I have one text box on a form, and I want to assign focus to that text box when the user presses Ctrl + F or Ctrl + S.
How do I do this?
Capture the KeyDown
event and place an if statement in it to check what keys were pressed.
private void form_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) { if ((e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.F) || (e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.S)) { txtSearch.Focus(); } }
One way is to override the ProcessCMDKey event.
protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData) { if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.S)) { MessageBox.Show("Do Something"); return true; } return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData); }
EDIT: Alternatively you can use the keydown event - see How to capture shortcut keys in Visual Studio .NET.
Add an event that catches a key press on the form, analyse the key press and see if it matches one of your shortcut keys and then assign focus.