Question

I am coding a custom text editor, and I use KeyDown and KeyUp events. That events gets a KeyEventArgs from parameters where a “Key” instance is included.

How I can transform that “Key” to a real char?

Using Key.ToString() with a “.” I get a “OmePeriod” or with “,” I get a “OmeComma”. I can transform that values directly…but It is a hard work, and I am sure that must exist any class that transform that Keys to the real “char”.

Thanks!

Regards.

Answer 1

The main problem here is that the event you are catching is reel keyboard event and that the key is indeed a key and NOT a character. In between is the keymap ! For example, when typing shift-A, you will receive two event instead of one for keypressed.

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