Do action when esc is pressed

[Stoffel85]

Hi,

 

I want to make a search bar simular to the firefox search bar.

So I want it to close when I press Escape.

 

The problem is, when I press Escape, it won't run the KeyUp, KeyDown or KeyPress sequence.

 

I tried it on the toolbar, the textbox in the toolbar and on the button, none work.

 

  Private Sub tlTxtSomething_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles tlCategorie.KeyDown
   If (e.KeyCode = Keys.Escape) Then
     tlSearch.Visible = False
   End If
 End Sub

[snarfblam]

Are you using a ToolBar or a ToolStrip? I don't believe that a ToolBar ever actually receives focus, and a control must have focus to receive keyboard input. If there are controls on the toolbar (and I'm guessing that you have a textbox), you can use the control's keydown/keypress events. If you are using a ToolStrip, and a control within the ToolStrip has focus, the ToolStrip will also receive the keyboard input. Another possibility is to set the containing form's KeyPreview property to true and handle keyboard events for the form.

[Stoffel85]

Thanks for your reply.

 

It is a ToolStrip (I'm using VS2005).

It works when I use the KeyUp event in my form. But when I do the same in the ToolStrip KeyUp event, nothing happens.

 

If there's no other way to let that work, then I'll use the KeyUp event in my form.

 

Thanks already