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How to catch the arrow keys of a ComboDropDown control?
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To catch the arrow keys of the ComboDropDown control, you need to derive from it and override its ProcessCmdKey as shown below:
[C#]
//Derived ComboDropDown control
public class MyComboDropDown : Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ComboDropDown
{
protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{
if (keyData==Keys.Left ||keyData==Keys.Right || keyData==Keys.Up || keyData==Keys.Down)
{
MessageBox.Show("Arrow Key: " + keyData.ToString(),"MyComboDropDown");
}
return base.ProcessCmdKey (ref msg, keyData);
}
}
[VB.NET]
'Derived ComboDropDown control
Public Class MyComboDropDown Inherits Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ComboDropDown
Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As Message, ByVal keyData As Keys) As Boolean
If keyData=Keys.Left ||keyData=Keys.Right Or keyData=Keys.Up Or keyData=Keys.Down Then
MessageBox.Show("Arrow Key: " + keyData.ToString(),"MyComboDropDown")
End If
Return MyBase.ProcessCmdKey ( msg, keyData)
End Function
End Class