Add shortcut key to user control

Question

I have a bunch of usercontrols which i'm mixing an matching on forms, but I'd like to match a shortcut key with button click, so when you enter data in one UserControl and hit CTRL-F it will kick off a button click on another UserControl that's on the same form. How can i set this up?

I have button click method

private void butSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{...}

Satish Kathi · Answer

Expose the KeyUp event of user control and a public method to perform button click of user controls. In the form where you are using these user controls handle the keyDown event and call the method to perform click. Here is Sample Code UserControl1 namespace DB { public delegate void KeyUphandler ( object sender KeyEventArgs e); public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl { public UserControl1() { InitializeComponent(); } public event KeyUphandler UCkeyUp; private void textBox1_KeyUp( object sender KeyEventArgs e) { if (UCkeyUp != null ) { UCkeyUp( this  e); } } } } UserControl2 namespace DB { public partial class UserControl2 : UserControl { public UserControl2() { InitializeComponent(); } public void UCBtnPress() { button1.PerformClick(); } private void button1_Click( object sender EventArgs e) { MessageBox .Show( Hello ); } } } Form namespace DB { public partial class UsingUserControl : Form { public UsingUserControl() { InitializeComponent(); } private void userControl11_UCkeyUp( object sender KeyEventArgs e) { if (e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys .F) userControl21.UCBtnPress(); } } } Hope this helps