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Asked: 2026-05-14T18:38:51+00:00

We need to handle this event in the base form, regardless of which controls

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We need to handle this event in the base form, regardless of which controls currently have focus. We have a couple of global key commands that need to work regardless of control focus.

This works by handling the PreviewKeyDown event in the form normally. When we add a user control to the form, the event no longer fires.

Am I missing something trivial here? Or do we need to handle the event in the user control first?

Thanks for your help!

Thanks Factor. When I get more time 🙂 I’ll get it working ‘properley’!

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  1. Editorial Team

    We ended up doing this:

    I found a workaround for this by setting up a hidden menu item by setting:

    ToolStripMenuItem.Visible = false

    (Thanks to this article).

    It appears that the Main Menu of a form always gets searched for your shortcut key combination. This works regardless of whick control has focus

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