Question

I’m using a RichTextBox (.NET WinForms 3.5) and would like to override some of the standard ShortCut keys…. For example, I don’t want Ctrl+I to make the text italic via the RichText method, but to instead run my own method for processing the text.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Ctrl+I isn’t one of the default shortcuts affected by the ShortcutsEnabled property.

The following code intercepts the Ctrl+I in the KeyDown event so you can do anything you want inside the if block, just make sure to suppress the key press like I’ve shown.

private void YourRichTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) {     if ((Control.ModifierKeys & Keys.Control) == Keys.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.I)     {         // do whatever you want to do here...         e.SuppressKeyPress = true;     } }