Comments - Enter-Instead-of-Tab - Duncan Mackenzie .NET

Enter Instead of Tab

2004-12-15T00:29:00

id like to ask if there's a property of the textbox that will restrict the user from inputting letters or numbers? just like in macromedia flash. Im a computer science student from the Philippines. Thank you.

here's my email add.= markchristian_aguilar@yahoo.com

Enter Instead of Tab

2004-12-22T22:36:00

yes, then just simply add : SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")

Enter Instead of Tab

2004-12-29T04:56:00

hello
i have problem with DataGrid ,when tablestyle added to it ,Enter processing not work.
please help me.

Enter Instead of Tab

2004-12-29T17:31:00

id like to ask if there's a property of the textbox that will restrict the user from inputting letters or numbers? just like in macromedia flash. Im a computer science student from ghana

email: nanafrifa@yahoo.co.uk

Enter Instead of Tab

2004-12-29T22:25:00

Sorry for my English....

How set BEEP=OFF When I Press "Enter". And I Do Me.ProcessTabKey(Not e.Shift)

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-02T02:24:00

I want to know how to create autofilling combo boxes by using vb code.

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-09T06:21:00

I've got the same problem with one of the 'system' sounds occuring when 'Enter' is hit. If I handle the Enter key in OnKeyUp then the beep seems to occur before I enter the event handler. I changed to handling the Enter key within OnKeyDown and there is no beep during the handler - ergo the beep must be occuring within "KeyPressed" I'm tempted to handle KeyPressed as well and just set "handled" to true for Enter, but, I don't think that Enter actually raises a KeyPressed (or did I read the docs incorrectly???)

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-09T08:02:00

The e.Handled = True statement should suppress the beep.

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-09T21:21:00

>>> The e.Handled = True statement should suppress the beep.

"Should" being the operative word... She's still beeping at me - to the extent that I think I'll turn of the sound programatically and restore it when *I* think it should be on. To make matters worse, when I convert the enter to a tab for a DateTimePicker control I get a different beep - actually it's Windows XP Ding

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-10T22:58:00

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Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-14T13:04:00

[code]
Private Sub frmFirst_Report_KeyPress _
(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.KeyPress

If e.KeyChar = Microsoft.VisualBasic.ChrW(Keys.Enter) Then
If TypeOf Me.ActiveControl Is TextBox Then
Dim tb As TextBox = DirectCast(Me.ActiveControl, TextBox)
If tb.Multiline AndAlso tb.AcceptsReturn Then
e.Handled = False
Exit Sub
End If
End If
e.Handled = True
Dim oform As Form = Me.FindForm
oform.SelectNextControl(oform.ActiveControl, True, True, True, True)
oform.ActiveControl.Focus()
End If
End Sub
[/code]

Set your form to KeyPreview and place this routine on the form. You will not get a beep at all and you do not need to access any overrides. (If you prefer SendKey.Send("{TAB}") instead of the SelectNextControl it will function also).

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-01-15T08:18:00

sss

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-02-28T17:16:00

I looked around and this is the best I came up with in (C# - Application). I had a username and password field box and i wanted the focus to change on ENTER and not TAB. You have to use this for the KeyDown Event handler

private void textBoxUserName_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
{
if ( e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter )
{
this.GetNextControl( this.textBoxUserName, true ).Focus();
}
}

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-03-08T11:55:00

this came from another site and is a much simpler solution
Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

If KeyAscii = vbKeyReturn Then
KeyAscii = 0
SendKeys "{TAB}"
End If
End Sub

And we all know that by using the KeyAscii = 0 keeps your computer from beeping when you use the Enter key as a Tab.

Now the above code works with about 90% of all the controls, however there are some controls where it just does not work, such as the DatePicker control for one.

Enter Instead of Tab

2005-09-09T17:06:00

The trick is to set e.Handled = true before you do anything else !!!

Private Sub txtSearchValue_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles txtSearchValue.KeyPress
If sysEnterEqualsTab = True Then
If e.KeyChar = Microsoft.VisualBasic.ChrW(13) Then
e.Handled = True
Me.ActiveControl = Me.GetNextControl(txtSearchValue, True)
End If
End If

End Sub

Enter Instead of Tab

2006-04-12T11:00:00

e.Handler = True works for everything but DatePicker Controls.

What works for DatePickers?

Enter Instead of Tab

2006-07-12T02:33:00

help me
actually on run time textbox is dishabled using
textbox.enabled=false
but there is change in color of textbox e.g. white to gray
this is possible with
e.handled= true on key press event
but i want that this dishabling accure with a particular condition or say with in if-else statement

plz can u mail me or give solution of this problem with coding
i am waiting ur reply
thanks