keydown event, not working.

[hjjayakrishnan]

I'm trying to move this button in the x axis.. I used the following code.

private: System::Void Form1_KeyDown(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::KeyEventArgs^  e) {
				   if( e->KeyCode==Keys::Up)
				 {
					 ++x;
					 label1->Text="up ";
					 button1->Location = Point(x, y);
					 
				 }

But nothing happens... But when i try the same thing after putting a textbox, it works. Heres the code.

private: System::Void textBox1_KeyDown(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::KeyEventArgs^  e) {
				 if( e->KeyCode==Keys::Up)
				 {
					 ++x;
					 label1->Text="up ";
					 button1->Location = Point(x, y);
					
				 }

Any ideas?

[Eri523]

Looks like the focused control (the button, most probably) consumes the keystrokes before the form gets notice of them. Try setting the form's KeyPreview property to true.

[hjjayakrishnan]

Thanks . will check it out.