My Keydown Not Firing
Oct 23, 2010ABCDE keydown events, the ones I needed, are not firing. I even set my Form KeyPreview to true but no joy.
up and down arrow keydown events work though.[code]...
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.net - KeyDown Event Firing When No Key Is Pressed?
Aug 20, 2011I am running VS 2008 and building my app on a Windows 7 box. The main form/window has a KeyDown event handler as follows in it:
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
MsgBox("control = " + e.Control.ToString + ", shift = " + e.Shift.ToString + ", e.Keycode = " + e.KeyCode.ToString)
When I build it and run it within VS it seems to run fine. The messagebox appears with the state of the control and shift keys along with the key code of the key I pressed. However, if I take the executable and run it on an XP box (both using .Net Runtime 3.5) as soon as the main form opens, the messagebox appears. Basically the "KeyDown" event seems to be firing without any keys being pressed. The messagebox comes back with: "control = False, shift = False, e.Keycode = None".
How is this possible? How can the keyDown event be fired when no keys have been pressed (as is confirmed by the output contained in the messagebox?) how I can diagnose this on the XP box since it does not have Visual Studio on it?Update I tried creating a brand new project where there is only "form1" and the only code behind this is the keyDown event handler. It just opens a blank window and pops up the message box if a key is pressed. It worked as expected on the Win 7 box but when I moved the executable to the XP box, it immediately popped open the messagebox without pressing a key.
KeyDown Event Not Firing With .NET WinForms?
Oct 22, 2009I already have KeyPreview set to true in the form properties I'm working on a small program, and I'm having a problem where it seems that some of the controls on it inside groupboxes are not triggering the KeyDown event on my form when I press and release any arrow key, just the KeyUp event. Specifically, I've enabled KeyPreview on the form, and set breakpoints on e.SuppressKeyPress = True in both subroutines, and only the one for frmMain_KeyUp hits the breakpoint.
I added in the two GroupBox events hoping that might mitigate the issue, but no such luck. However, I have a custom control on the form that is specifically coded to ignore these keypresses, and the code works as expected on it.
Private Sub frmMain_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown, GroupBox1.KeyDown, GroupBox2.KeyDown
e.SuppressKeyPress = True
Select Case e.KeyCode
[code]....
The code in the user control that "ignores" keypresses is as such:
Private Sub TileDropDown_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
If e.KeyValue = 40 OrElse e.KeyValue = 38 OrElse e.KeyValue = 39 OrElse e.KeyValue = 37 Then
e.SuppressKeyPress = True
End If
End Sub
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Apr 19, 2012I have a textbox on a tabcontrol page, and when someone tabs out of the textbox, it is suppose to move to the next tab. This was working great before I switched the form from a UserControl to an actual Form. This change did not change actual code. So now, I have tried everything. I have the textbox to set to AcceptTab = True, and I have KeyPreview = False (because if the form grabs the event before the textbox does, it would mess things up I am assuming).Here is my code for the textbox:
Private Sub txtMsgDTG_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs) Handles txtMsgDTG.KeyDown
'check for tabbed out
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then[code]......
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Aug 8, 2010I have a weird problem. Ive created a UserControl that can be used to pan and zoom an image but when ever I add the control to a form my arrow keys will not trigger the KeyDown event anymore. If I remove it no problem.
If I try and listen to the KeyDown event on the control itself nothing fires either!
Ive set the KeyPreview property on the for to True.
I'd be happy to supply the code if anyone think they could solve it..
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Jan 29, 2012Basically, for my first VB project, I am creating a virtual keyboard where a sound is played from the resources on KeyDown. So far, the program seems to work except for the fact that each key needs to be clicked by the mouse before the sound is played by pressing each key (hence put the object in focus), where I need the key to play the sound without clicking the keyboard key (put the object in focus on KeyDown). Below is an example of my code:
Private Sub C_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As PreviewKeyDownEventArgs) Handles C.PreviewKeyDown ' C is the label attached to the first 'Rectangle' (Key)
If (e.KeyCode = Keys.A) Then 'The A key should activate the C key on the keyboard
[code]....
I have KeyPreview set to 'True' under the form's properties.
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Jul 24, 2009Ok here's my dilemma. here's this code I have:
If e.KeyCode = Keys.A Then
TextBox1.AppendText("C, ")
PictureBox2.Visible = True
[code].....
Keydown Event
Aug 31, 2010this code works
Private Sub TxtLname_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TxtLname.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
If IsNumeric(TxtLname.Text) Then[code]....
when I replace the keys.enter with "keys.tab" it won't work..
Private Sub TxtLname_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TxtLname.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.tab Then
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'Pulls down the slot
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Space Then
PictureBox2.Focus()
[code]....
When I debug and click space down, my picture box of the knob slides on down to 175, pauses, and shoots back up. The problem I'm running into, is that it doesn't do anything if I try to pull the knob down again. It doesn't bug out or anything, but it just doesn't do it again
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what I have is :
'in my global sub that loads everything, not the Main.Load, because he has to check some stuff in advance
AddHandler ACO_graph.PreviewKeyDown, AddressOf Me.ACO_graph_PreviewKeyDown
AddHandler ACO_graph.KeyDown, AddressOf Me.ACO_graph_KeyDown
[code]....
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Apr 3, 2011Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
If e.Control Then
MessageBox.Show("aaaa")
End If
End Sub
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Here is my
Keydown
frmGame_KeyDown(Nothing, New KeyEventArgs(Keys.Right))
What I am trying to do is after the user moves the character with the right arrow key and presses the up button to jump while still holding the right arrow key, the character will continue on moving, but the code that I put only does one movement and does not keep going.
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Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If e.Keycode = Keys.Enter Then
MsgBox("test")
End If
End Sub
Apparently "KeyCode" is not in use anymore..
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Heres some of the codes for each..
Private Sub Button1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Button1.KeyUp
If e.KeyCode = Keys.I Then
ClearDigitalChannel(1)
[CODE]...
KeyDown At Form Level?
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My code:Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
If KeyCode = vbKeyRight Then
imgPerson.Left = imgPerson.Left + 500
End If
End Sub
That's all there is because I was just testing it out. imgPerson does exist, so that's not a problem.
KeyDown Event On Another Window?
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Private Sub PongMain_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
If e.KeyValue = Keys.Space Then
Application.Exit()[code]....
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Dec 30, 2011I need to monitor KeyDowns outside of my application (probably running in a NotifyIcon) so I can detect a certain key combination to do something. How can I do this? I read somewhere before about using a process.
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Private Sub Form1_KeyDown( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) _
[code]......
Resuming Keydown If Key Is Still Down After Another One Pressed
Apr 22, 2009Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Dim ct, ctJmp, ctRgt, ctLft, wait, wait2, origTop As Integer
Dim jumping, up, down, lft, rght As Boolean
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
[Code] .....
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