Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys

• Sice

  Here's an example of a Keypress event handler

   

   

  Private Sub Combinedlv1AndTvc_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) _

                  Handles lv1.KeyPress, Tvc.KeyPress, Me.KeyPress

   

          ' Form1.lv1_KeyPress - Called by user Keypresses

          ' This is a dispatcher which makes call when Keystrokes of interest are made when either Lv1, Tvc or Form1

          ' has focus.

          Const ControlA As Char = Chr(1)

          Const ControlC As Char = Chr(3)

          Const ControlV As Char = Chr(22)

          Const ControlX As Char = Chr(24)

          Const F1 As Char = Chr(Keys.F1)

   

          Dim TVFocus As Boolean = Tvc.Focused

          Dim LVFocus As Boolean = lv1.Focused

   

          Select Case e.KeyChar

              Case ControlA

   

                'Process Stuff                        

   

              Case ControlC        ' Copy

   

                'Process Stuff                        

              Case ControlV        ' Paste

   

                'Process Stuff                        

   

   

              Case "S", "s"

                  Dim ab As New KNProperties(DefaultLV)

              Case F1

                  DisplayHelp(Me, 1)

          End Select

   

      End Sub

  
  
  

• JustAnAverageJoe

  Im looking for something to come up only when the app is running...
  
  
  
  

• eduard.gruber

  Could you clarify what you just said
  
  

• mcazalet

  Was the tutorial here not what you were looking for
  
  

• momark

  Assuming you mean at runtime... just for note though... traditionally a shortcut key is a keystroke that works inside of the app... like alt-f bringing up the file menu... what you are looking for is a keystroke that would be able to trigger an event regardless of what app is running... for that you are looking more into the realm of setting up a hotkey.

  Take a look at this CodeProject article for some code and an explanation on how to do it.

  
  
  
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