Question

Hi i have a C# winform application with a particular form populated with a number of textboxes. I would like to make it so that by pressing the right arrow key this mimicks the same behaivour as pressing the tab key. Im not really sure how to do this.

I dont want to change the behaivour of the tab key at all, just get the right arrow key to do the same thing whilst on that form.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Answer 1

You should override the OnKeyUp method in your form to do this…

protected override void OnKeyUp(KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Right)
    {
       Control activeControl = this.ActiveControl;

       if(activeControl == null)
       {
            activeControl = this;
       }

       this.SelectNextControl(activeControl, true, true, true, true);
       e.Handled = true;
    }

    base.OnKeyUp(e);
}