Prevent Paste or Trap Paste into Edit Box

Found how to do it:

In the key down event for a text or rich text box:

If (e.Control) And (e.KeyCode = Keys.V) Then e.SuppressKeyPress = True


To prevent pasting for all text boxes on your form, set form KeyPreview to true and add the above code to form key down event.

Thanx for sharing! :thumb:

What about the default context menu for textboxes, that allows you to paste ¿ :)

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Originally Posted by RoyK

Found how to do it:

In the key down event for a text or rich text box:

If (e.Control) And (e.KeyCode = Keys.V) Then e.SuppressKeyPress = True


To prevent pasting for all text boxes on your form, set form KeyPreview to true and add the above code to form key down event.

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What if you have another control a form that requires a paste operation? How will you handle that?

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Originally Posted by Shuja Ali

What if you have another control a form that requires a paste operation? How will you handle that?

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I would add a either a menu item with a paste option or command button that allows you to paste.

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Originally Posted by RoyK

I would add a either a menu item with a paste option or command button that allows you to paste.

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This is just out of curiosity, why would you disable a default behavior of a windows UI? Is there a specific functionality that you are building?