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I was missing keypreview.<br />
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Thanks guys!
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There are methods to do it <b>without</b> enabling KeyPreview...<br />
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Via ProcessCmdKey():<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21423963/Newbie-question-use-F10-to-make-save-happen.html#21423963" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21423963/Newbie-question-use-F10-to-make-save-happen.html#21423963</a><br />
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Or ProcessKeyPreview(): *not as pretty<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22481177/Vb-net-Hot-Key-Buttons.html#18819244" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22481177/Vb-net-Hot-Key-Buttons.html#18819244</a>
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There are methods to do it without enabling KeyPreview...

Via ProcessCmdKey():
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21423963/Newbie-question-use-F10-to-make-save-happen.html#21423963 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21423963/Newbie-question-use-F10-to-make-save-happen.html#21423963]

Or ProcessKeyPreview(): *not as pretty
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22481177/Vb-net-Hot-Key-Buttons.html#18819244 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22481177/Vb-net-Hot-Key-Buttons.html#18819244]

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Hi,<br />
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Is it possible to capture, for example, F5 keystroke on a form even if the focus is on a textbox?<br />
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I need to capture F5 on a form independently of the control that has the focus.<br />
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Thanks!
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Hi,

Is it possible to capture, for example, F5 keystroke on a form even if the focus is on a textbox?

I need to capture F5 on a form independently of the control that has the focus.

Thanks!

Capturing F keystroke inside a form in VB.NET

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,