Capturing TAB event of a button Button

[Andrei Ungureanu]

Hi, The only way I could capture the TAB key was on the KeyUp event

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[Kais4U]

Thanks Navi, The link you provided holds good for JAVA but not for C#. Let me know if you can help me out in C#. Regards Kais

[Kais4U]

The keyup event does not get fired if you select the button and hit tab. The only event gets fired is the leave event.

[Nader Elshehabi]

Hello The best thing to do, I believe, would be to handle the LostFocus event. It will be fired when the button loses focus whether by the tab key or the mouse. Isn't this what you want? If not, please give more details.

Regards:rose:

[Kais4U]

Hi, Thank you for your quick response. As you mention, the lost focus (Leave event for the button) will get fired for both key board and mouse movements. I explicitly need to capture Tab event generated on the button so that I can set the focus to some other control on the form. The reason is, Am using MDI form and displays two child windows side by side. On the first child window, when the focus is on the last control and the user clicks on TAB, the focus should go to the first control of second child window. Hope things are clear and you might be in able to help me out. Thanks Regards Kais

[Martin 0]

Hello, Do you whant to navigate with the Tab Key?

[Kais4U]

Yes, I need to navigation on the screen thru TAB. Actually, Its MDI form and has two child windows displays side by side. On the first child window, when the focus is on the last control and the user hits TAB, the focus should go to the first control of the second child form. Thanks in advace for all your suggestion/help Regards, Kais

[Martin 0]

Hello, I think it's best to watch lostfocus event of the last control. Then you can set Focus on the first Focus of the child Form. Hope that helps you! All the best, Martin

[Kais4U]

Hi Martin, Lost focus can happen even when the user select someother control via mouse. I need to implement TAB navigation. I cannot do this using Lost Control event. Let me know if there is any other alternative. Regards, Kais

[Nader Elshehabi]

Hello If you are using .Net 2.0 framework, handle the PreviewKeyDown event

private void MyButton_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyData == Keys.Tab)
MessageBox.Show("Tab");//Your code goes here!!
}

I hope this helps:)

Regards:rose:

[Martin 0]

I think I have to change to .Net 2.0. Thats a great Event. Thanks for that post. Martin