Textbox - keypress/keydown with Enter key

[sodakotahusker]

I am trying to do something very simple. I have a textbox that I want to all the user to press Enter when they are finished typing to initiate a search. Neither keydown or keypress event fires when I use the enter key. The events fire for other keys so I know the handler is set up correctly. The property on the textbox for AllReturn is set to Yes.
The only difference with these textboxes from ones I have used these events on in the past are that they are drawn on the mdi parent. Can the form be swallowing those keystrokes???
Thanks!!!

 

[TipGiver]

You could show us your code for that (how to handle the eneter press)

Anyway:

        private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
                MessageBox.Show("Enter pressed !");
        }

 

[JurkMonkey]

Check if your parent form has KeyPreview turned on and if you're cancelling the Enter keystroke already.

Also: when you get this working on the textbox, this is the time to cancel the keypress (since nothing else needs to grab it) so make e.Cancel = true;

This will stop the application from beeping on every search.

 

[sodakotahusker]

I had checked that just before I posted here. It is set to false. Another circumstance that might be a factor. This textbox is drawn on a component one outlook menu control. I could not find a property on that control that would have such an impact. I just tried stepping to make sure no events were firing before keydown. Nada. It just won't fire on the enter key.