C How to make pressing enter in a text box trigger a button yet still allow shortcuts such as Ctrl A to get through

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Sorry for the long title  but I couldn t think of another way to put it   I have this       private void textBoxToSubmit KeyDown object sender  KeyEventArgs e                if  e KeyCode    Keys Enter                        buttonSubmit Click  object sender   EventArgs e                         in order to make pressing enter in the text box trigger the  submit  button  However  this also prevents shortcuts from going through   not quite sure what it has to do with that  maybe only multi-key combos    ShortcutsEnabled is set to true   Thanks in advance

User · Accepted Answer

Can you not use AcceptButton in for the Forms Properties Window  This sets the default behaviour for the Enter key press  but you are still able to use other shortcuts

User · Answer

You can Use KeyPress instead of KeyUp or KeyDown its more efficient and here s how to handle   private void textBox1 KeyPress object sender  KeyPressEventArgs e                if  e KeyChar     char Keys Enter                        e Handled   true              button1 PerformClick                      hope it works

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If you want the return to trigger an action only when the user is in the textbox  you can assign the desired button the AcceptButton control  like this       private void textBox Enter object sender  EventArgs e                ActiveForm AcceptButton   Button1     Button1 will be  clicked  when user presses return            private void textBox Leave object sender  EventArgs e                ActiveForm AcceptButton   null     remove  return  button behavior

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https   stackoverflow com a 16350929 11860907 If you add e SuppressKeyPress   true  as shown in the answer in this link you will suppress the annoying ding sound that occurs

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You do not need any client side code if doing this is ASP NET  The example below  is a boostrap input box with a search button with an fontawesome icon   You will see that in place of using a regular  lt  div   tag with a class of  input-group  I have used a asp Panel  The DefaultButton property set to the id of my button  does the trick    In example below  after typing something in the input textbox  you just hit enter and that will result in a submit    lt asp Panel DefaultButton  btnblogsearch  runat  server  CssClass  input-group blogsearch  gt   lt asp TextBox ID  txtSearchWords  CssClass  form-control  runat  server  Width  100   Placeholder  Search for     gt  lt  asp TextBox gt   lt span class  input-group-btn  gt       lt asp LinkButton ID  btnblogsearch  runat  server  CssClass  btn btn-default  gt  lt i class  fa fa-search  gt  lt  i gt  lt  asp LinkButton gt   lt  span gt  lt  asp Panel gt

[c#] C#: How to make pressing enter in a text box trigger a button, yet still allow shortcuts such as "Ctrl+A" to get through?

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