C# VS 2008 3.5 Winform SetFocus to textbox on Ctrl + L

[Wheels012]

Good morning. I am trying to figure out how to set the focus to a textbox when a user clicks on ctrl + L. I have the following:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.tstbAddress.Focus();
}

When I tried this in and of the key methods, it didn't work. I have a webbrowser control on the form. I thought it might have something to do with (lack of) focus. Any suggestions? Thank you, WHEELS

[TheFoZ]

Hi Wheels In the forms KeyDown event you will have access to more in the KeyEventArgs so you can identify if the control key and L key are being pressed at the same time. You will need to set the KeyPreview property to true on the form then the following will work

    private void Form1\_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Control && e.KeyValue == 76)
            textBox1.Focus();
    }

The FoZ

[Wheels012]

I put the following code in the Form1_Load:

this.KeyPreview = true;
this.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.Form1_KeyDown);

and I have the following event:

private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Control && e.KeyValue == 76)
this.tstbAddress.Focus();
}

Unfortunately this only works when the form has focus. I'm not sure how to give the form focus. I used a button to give the form focus and the Ctrl+L worked. Any suggestions? WHEELS

[TheFoZ]

I would guess that you could put the KeyDown event code on the form that has the button. Is this an MDI application?

The FoZ

[Wheels012]

I would guess that you could put the KeyDown event code on the form that has the button. Is this an MDI application? The FoZ This is not a MDI app. Just a Winform with a web browser control. Someone types in a URL it the address textbox and it navigates to the webpage. The KeyDown code is in Form1_KeyDown. The button I created is temporary and I used it just to set the focus to the form to test the Ctrl + L. WHEELS

[Luc Pattyn]

TheFoZ wrote:

e.KeyValue == 76

what is this nonsense? you should NEVER have magic constants in the middle of code. How about e.KeyCode==Keys.L? :|

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[TheFoZ]

Luc Pattyn wrote:

what is this nonsense? you should NEVER have magic constants in the middle of code. How about e.KeyCode==Keys.L?

True. Still being quite new C# I did not know about the Keys.L. Thanks for the info

The FoZ

[TheFoZ]

Hi Wheels If the form does not have focus am I right to assume that the application does not have focus? If this is the case then you will not need the button to make your form have focus, just click on the form :-D

The FoZ

[Wheels012]

Good morning The FoZ. I believe the web browser may have the focus, but I added a toolbar menu item which triggers on Ctrl + L and made it hidden. Seems to work well. Thank you for the assistance, WHEELS