How to close a window when Esc is pressed

[Ragu Rangasamy]

I want to know how to close the windows form when Esc button is pressed.

Rangasamy

[LeandroABorges]

Hi Ragu, Firsy you have to change this property on form KeyPreview = true You can change this on the form properties in designer or in the form load method:

private void Form1\_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  this.KeyPreview = true;
}

And then, you only have to do this:

private void Form1\_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Escape)
    this.Close();
}

That´s it?

----- LeandroAB

[Mike Dimmick]

Set the form's CancelButton property to a button that will close the form.

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