Visual Basic/VB, Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event

Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event

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Marti #1 / 4	Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event What's so special about the <Tab> key that I can't seem to trap it to assign some special functionality to it in my VB6 program? I have a form with a Farpoint tab control on it. On that tab control is another Farpoint tab control. On the second tab control is a Farpoint list control. In the list control's KeyDown event, I have some code that executes when various keys are pressed (Tab, PageUp, PageDown, RightArrow, LeftArrow, various function keys). Code is executing just fine for Ctrl-Tab and Alt-Tab - in fact, they all work except for just-plain-Tab-Key. Pressing the Tab key doesn't even fire the KeyDown event (I put a Stop statement in there to test it). Pressing <TAB> just moves the focus around to different objects on the screen. The form on which these controls reside has its KeyPreview property set to True. What am I missing? Why does the Tab key get treated differently?
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:27:21 GMT

MVP - V #2 / 4	Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event Quote: > What's so special about the <Tab> key that I can't seem to trap it to > assign some special functionality to it in my VB6 program? > I have a form with a Farpoint tab control on it. On that tab control > is another Farpoint tab control. On the second tab control is a > Farpoint list control. In the list control's KeyDown event, I have > some code that executes when various keys are pressed (Tab, PageUp, > PageDown, RightArrow, LeftArrow, various function keys). > Code is executing just fine for Ctrl-Tab and Alt-Tab - in fact, they > all work except for just-plain-Tab-Key. Pressing the Tab key doesn't > even fire the KeyDown event (I put a Stop statement in there to test > it). Pressing <TAB> just moves the focus around to different objects > on the screen. > The form on which these controls reside has its KeyPreview property > set to True. > What am I missing? Why does the Tab key get treated differently? Perhaps this will help... http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=231180 Rick
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:44:53 GMT

Marti #3 / 4	Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:44:53 -0400, "Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)" Quote: >> What's so special about the <Tab> key that I can't seem to trap it to >> assign some special functionality to it in my VB6 program? >> I have a form with a Farpoint tab control on it. On that tab control >> is another Farpoint tab control. On the second tab control is a >> Farpoint list control. In the list control's KeyDown event, I have >> some code that executes when various keys are pressed (Tab, PageUp, >> PageDown, RightArrow, LeftArrow, various function keys). >> Code is executing just fine for Ctrl-Tab and Alt-Tab - in fact, they >> all work except for just-plain-Tab-Key. Pressing the Tab key doesn't >> even fire the KeyDown event (I put a Stop statement in there to test >> it). Pressing <TAB> just moves the focus around to different objects >> on the screen. >> The form on which these controls reside has its KeyPreview property >> set to True. >> What am I missing? Why does the Tab key get treated differently? >Perhaps this will help... >http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=231180 >Rick Thanks Rick. That was it. I had checked for that but had missed a control. When I set that last one to false, the Tab key started showing up in the KeyDown event.
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:30:15 GMT

Lori #4 / 4	Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event Did you try Control-Tab ??? Works many place where Tab alone does not. Quote: > What's so special about the <Tab> key that I can't seem to trap it to > assign some special functionality to it in my VB6 program? > I have a form with a Farpoint tab control on it. On that tab control > is another Farpoint tab control. On the second tab control is a > Farpoint list control. In the list control's KeyDown event, I have > some code that executes when various keys are pressed (Tab, PageUp, > PageDown, RightArrow, LeftArrow, various function keys). > Code is executing just fine for Ctrl-Tab and Alt-Tab - in fact, they > all work except for just-plain-Tab-Key. Pressing the Tab key doesn't > even fire the KeyDown event (I put a Stop statement in there to test > it). Pressing <TAB> just moves the focus around to different objects > on the screen. > The form on which these controls reside has its KeyPreview property > set to True. > What am I missing? Why does the Tab key get treated differently?
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:01:46 GMT

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