Enter Key Finction in C#

Question

Sir I have about 20 textBoxe 10 comboBox and 5 dateTimePicker in a form. as I want to go cursor downward through each textbox whenever I press 'Enter' Key. I coded:- if(e.KeyCode==Keys.Enter) { txtLastName.Focus()// goes from txtFirstName to txtLastName } I am tired of writing this code in each textBox of my form. is there an unique code to define these function in a form i.e keydown event defines for 25 textboxes.?

Kunal Vaishya · Answer

Hi try this to do Step.1 Set Form Property KeyPreview = true Step.2 Second Set Key Down Event of Forms private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender KeyEventArgs e) { } Step 3. Set this code for do this in Form KeyDOwn Event private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender KeyEventArgs e) { if (e.KeyData == Keys.Return) { SendKeys.Send({Tab}); } }

Sanjeeb Lenka · Answer

check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5605561/navigation-in-windows-forms-using-enter-key

SUNIL GUTTA · Answer

simple logic As you are dealing with enter key i.e we have 2 create a event handler for it and go proceed using foreach loop with sender(un-boxng) & focus method for next textbox in orderly fashion ..

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi Please refer followinf link it might help you. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13109/Redirect-the-Enter-key-from-a-Windows-Forms-TextBo http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.selectnextcontrol%28v=vs.100%29.aspx