How to make Enter on a TextBox act as TAB button

Question

I\'ve several textboxes. I would like to make the Enter button act as Tab. So that when I will be in one textbox, pressing Enter will move me to the next one. Could you plea

Answer 1

This worked for me

if (e.Key == Key.Enter)
            ((TextBox)sender).MoveFocus(new TraversalRequest(new FocusNavigationDirection()));

Answer 2

Here is the code that I usually use. It must be on KeyDown event.

if (e.KeyData == Keys.Enter)
{
    e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
    SelectNextControl(ActiveControl, true, true, true, true);
}

UPDATE

Other way is sending "TAB" key! And overriding the method make it so easier :)

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{            
    if (keyData == (Keys.Enter))
    {
        SendKeys.Send("{TAB}");
    }

    return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
}

Answer 3

I would combine what Pharabus and arul answered like this:

private void textBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyChar == ‘\r’)
{
e.Handled = true;
parentForm.GetNextControl().Focus()
}
}

Let me know if this helps! JFV

Answer 4

It is important to note that if you will get an annoying "ding" or warning sound each time that the control is expecting an associated button control and e.Handled = true isn't always the answer to rid yourself of the noise/sound/ding.

If the control (i.e. single-line textbox) is expecting an associated button to 'ENTER' your entry, then you must also deal with the 'missing' control.

e.Handled = e.SuppressKeyPress = true;

This may be helpful when getting rid of the 'ding' sound.

For what it's worth- in my circumstance my users needed to use the "ENTER KEY" as we were transitioning from a terminal/green-screen application to a windows app and they were more used to "ENTER-ing" through fields rather than tabbing.

All these methods worked but still kept the annoying sound until I added e.SuppressKeyPress.

Answer 5

I use this code in one of the text box keydown event

if (e.KeyData == Keys.Enter)
{
     e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
     SelectNextControl(ActiveControl, true, true, true, true);
}

Unable handle this keydown event for all text boxes in my form. Suggest something. Thanks

Answer 6

If you define Tab Order of all controls and make Form.KeyPreview = True, only need this:

    Private Sub frmStart_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
    If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
        System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
    End If
End Sub