Enter Button To Move To Next Control

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How to Enable Enter Button To Move To Next Control Instead to Tab using C# in Windows Forms for a Textbox ?

Posted 15-Jun-10 21:51pm

jpratik

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Solution 4

Below is perfect code to move next control in windows forms using c#

C#

private void txtLoginID_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Return)
            {
                this.SelectNextControl(this.ActiveControl, true, true, true, true);
                e.Handled = true;
            }
        }
}

Posted 13-Mar-15 3:31am

anjankant

Updated 13-Mar-15 3:33am

v2

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CHill60 13-Mar-15 9:51am

The question was asked over 4 years ago and is already adequately answered. This adds nothing to the information provided by the earlier solutions

[no name] 18-Mar-15 1:37am

OK!

Solution 3

Select form in ide and enable key preview to true.

VB

Private Sub myEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
      If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then

          e.SuppressKeyPress = True
          Me.SelectNextControl(Me.ActiveControl, True, True, True, True)
      End If
  End Sub

VB

 Private Sub addcustomer_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim ctl As Control
        For Each ctl In Me.Controls
            AddHandler ctl.KeyDown, AddressOf myEventHandler
        Next 
End Sub

Posted 15-Sep-13 21:11pm

it012.hsct

Updated 15-Sep-13 21:25pm

v2

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semoLi · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07T15:34:00

C#

private void TextBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
     if (e.KeyChar == '\r')
     {
	if (this.ActiveControl != null)
        {
            this.SelectNextControl(this.ActiveControl, true, true, true, true);
        }
	e.Handled = true; // Mark the event as handled
     }
}

Nuri Ismail · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-15T22:21:00

Solution 1

One possible way is to handle the KeyPress[^] event, check for ENTER key and set the focus to the next control.
But for your case I'd prefer creating a user control which inherits TextBox and overrides the KeyPress method.
If the user presses ENTER you can call Control.SelectNextControl() or SendKeys.Send("{TAB}"). :)

Posted 15-Jun-10 22:21pm

Nuri Ismail

Updated 15-Jun-10 22:22pm

v2

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H.Brydon 16-Sep-13 23:01pm

+5 good answer. :-)

shukla dhaval 16-Jun-10 5:06am

Reason for my vote of 2
this way is proper to achieve your goal.

Nuri Ismail 16-Jun-10 5:08am

If you think that it is proper why you give me a 2? You know that 1 and 2 are down-votes and 4 and 5 are up-votes, right? :)

jpratik 16-Jun-10 5:49am

Thanks for your answer.
Once implement i am getting the required result but, a beep of sound is present.Is there any way to avoid it ?
I do not know why its coming but i want to avoid it.

Nuri Ismail 16-Jun-10 5:59am

Probably you miss to mark the KeyPress event as handled. In your KeyPress event handler you should have a KeyPressEventArgs e as a second parameter. Set the Handled property of this parameter to true when you handle the ENTER key press.

Example:
void TextBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyChar == '\r')
{
SelectNextControl();
e.Handled = true; // Mark the event as handled
}
}

I hope this helps. :)