Navigate windows form controls using enter key

[clg]

Can someone tell me how to configure my windows form or control so that when I press enter I navigate from control to control (like tab)?

[Volte]

Me.SelectNextControl()

will focus the next TabIndex in line.

[clg]

Thanks, but still confused!

 

Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I'm still confused! Where should I put this statement?

 

I'll try to be more specific, I have a text box on my form whose purpose is to accept a barcode from a barcode scanner. It will accept the barcode alright but I need to leave the textbox so that I can fire the LEAVE event and process the information.

 

If after scanning the barcode, the user hits the TAB key the event will fire. I would like to make it possible for the user to press the ENTER key to activate the LEAVE event.

 

I can also configure my scanner to have a TAB suffix which also fires the LEAVE event. This is good, but I need to deal with many different users and different barcode scanners -- I think many barcode scanners come preconfigured with a Carriage Return suffix. If I can get the textbox to LEAVE when it encounters an ENTER then I think it will also LEAVE when it encounters the Carriage Return suffix. This would allow the user to continue scanning without stopping to touch the keyboard to hit TAB.

[clg]

Found a solution

 

Found a solution.

 

 

Put this code in the KEYDOWN event

 

If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then

TextBox1.Focus()

End If

 

 

Textbox1 is a dummy textbox that will be invisible. The most important thing is that it will now trigger the LEAVE event and process my data whether the user has configured a TAB suffix or an ENTER suffix into his barcode scanner -- or if he just hits ENTER or TAB on the keyboard.

 

Thanks for your interest!

[mutant]

You dont need a dummy control, if you have other controls on your from then what VolteFace showed you will work instead of of focusing a dummy control.

:)

[clg]

Thanks for the info. Your solution is cleaner -- I just didn't know where to put that statement until I learned about the KEYDOWN event.

 

Thanks again folks