Text Box executes method after ENTER

[TheBigHam]

Hi All,

I have a text box in my application. I want my program to execute a method only when the user has keyboarded "return". At present I have it working when the user edits the text in the text box, the method is called but I want it only to call the method after the user has pressed return?

Can you help me with this?

I am using Visual C#2008 to build my application.

Thanks in advance.......

Paul

[RaleTheBlade]

Handle the TextBox.KeyDown event, and then check the e.KeyCode property for Keys.Enter. If the user pressed enter, call e.SuppressKeyPress = true to prevent that ding sound when the key is pressed and then call the method you want to call. Example:

private void textBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
   {
      e.SuppressKeyPress = true; // Prevent the ding sound and stop the message pump
      MyMethodCall(); // Make the call to the method you want to run
   }
}

[TheBigHam]

Thanks mate.....

That works perfectly- much appreciated...

Cheers,

Paul.

[RaleTheBlade]

No problem, I use it all the time. Its always been a beautiful solution