How to go on next textbox after pressing enter in vb.net

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I want to know that How to focus another textbox after pressing enter.
Means if i am on textbox1 and i press enter then How i can go to textbox2 by pressing enter.?

Posted 16-Jan-13 9:11am

vishal2592

Updated 11-Aug-21 6:12am

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The Doer · Answer 1 · 2013-01-16T16:36:00

Here i have tested code u can refer this

VB

Private Sub txtUser_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles txtUser.KeyDown
    If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
        txtPass.Focus()
    End If
End Sub

after entering the value to Username textbox as soon the user press ENTER , it will focus to Password textbox.
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There is a difference between keyPress and keyDown event-
The KeyPress event is not raised by noncharacter keys; however, the noncharacter keys do raise the KeyDown and KeyUp events.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.keypress.aspx[^]

U can also use KeyUp event as SA suggested.

Hope it helps.

rb_contra · Answer 2 · 2013-01-16T09:37:00

Solution 2

VB

use Keypress event of TextBox

If e.KeyChar = Chr(13) Then
   TextBox2.Focus
End If

Posted 16-Jan-13 9:37am

rb_contra

Updated 16-Jan-13 9:38am

v3

Comments

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Jan-13 17:31pm

No, it should be KeyDown (or KeyUp), to use Keys.Return... This is really a bad way to do things.
—SA

Member 10331842 26-Oct-13 4:42am

how can i use textbox as label with it is fuction example when run a project to display enter your name here when clicked to clear an if clear the text to display default text ?

rb_contra 17-Jan-13 1:04am

why i cant use Keypress event...??

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Jan-13 1:17am

Because Enter is not a key... (sounds weird, but this is because API terminology is weird). Enter is correctly described as Keys.Return, passed as the parameter to KeyUp or KeyDown, not KeyPress. Look at the event args types and properties of those types.
—SA

rb_contra 6-Nov-13 12:02pm

Thanks....

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Nov-13 12:07pm

You are welcome.
—SA

Member 15320795 · Answer 3 · 2021-08-11T06:12:00

Solution 6

It's best to check the tabindex value and move to the same textbox with a RETURN that would have happened with a TAB.

Avoid having to write the code for ever specific textbox.
Avoid having the user confused because sometimes TAB would move to a different textbox than RETURN would have.

Posted 11-Aug-21 6:12am

Member 15320795