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[harmeister]

Hello everyone..

Have you ever wondered how to get your form to do something by pressing a button on the keyboard? Well problem solved!

See here is a code I use for my web browser for my address bar so when I press enter it navigates although this is not what you are looking for it is the same idea.

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    Private Sub ComboBox1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.KeyDown

        If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
            'Navigate to the current address.
            If ComboBox1.Text = My.Settings.Blocked(Form3.ListBox1.SelectedItem) Then
                MsgBox("This site has been blocked, to unblock it go under tools and blocked sites.", MsgBoxStyle.Critical)
            Else
                CType(TabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Item(0), WebBrowser).Navigate(ComboBox1.Text)
            End If
            My.Settings.History.Add(ComboBox1.Text)
            ListBox2.Items.Clear()
            For Each Item As String In My.Settings.History
                ListBox2.Items.Add(Item)
                ComboBox1.Items.Add(Item)
            Next
            Me.Text = CType(TabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Item(0), WebBrowser).DocumentTitle & " - Web Browser Elite"

            'Prevent the sound that indicates an invalid key press.
            e.SuppressKeyPress = True
        End If
    End Sub

Now as you can see it works and you can change the keys.enter to keys.space or keys.b or whatever you need.

Thanks for looking at this tutorial!

[zachman61]

good job
but these are called hotkeys

[harmeister]

oh they are? my bad.

[zachman61]

just saying so you can get more views on topic im not mad or nothing just telling cooll;

[harmeister]

oh i know but I was just saying my bad because i didn't know

[zachman61]

oh ok
lol