managing Deletes and Backspaces

[obelisk29]

I am writing a textbox validator control how would I check to see if the person presses the backspace button and the delete button and then tell windows not to process those messages as I will do it all myself ------------------ I'm naked under my clothes...

[Heath Stewart]

Simple. Just handle the KeyDown event. Check the KeyCode that is passed to you on the KeyEventArgs for Keys.Delete or Keys.Back. If those are set, set Handled to true:

myTextBox.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(myTextbox_KeyDown);
//...
private void myTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
e.Handled = (e.KeyCode == Keys.Back || e.KeyCode == Keys.Delete);
// Execute your code instead. When finished, Windows will not perform
// the default action.
}

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