Tab instead of Enter

Question

I have a System.Windows.Controls.TextBox and if the user presses the enter-key, i want the application to handle it like a tab-key, so that the user can jump to the next input control, like he would normally do with the tab key. Is this somehow possible?

P.S.: I couldn't find a answer without usings of "System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{Tab}");", which i would not like to include in my WPF-Application.

Yeisson Mendoza · Answer 1 · 2023-01-25T16:30:34.817

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I don't know if is what you want, but in the code you can use the KeyDown event to have something like:

private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.TheKeyYouWant)
        {
          NextElementToBeFocus.Focus();
        }
    }
    catch(Exception error)
    {
        //code for any other type of exception
    }

}

With that you can have the key you want to act like a Tab.

edited Jan 25 '23 at 16:30

answered Jul 05 '21 at 15:27

Yeisson Mendoza

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thanks for your reply, but i was looking for a more common approach as i already used this kind of pattern in another project of mine. – SomeDev Jul 06 '21 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '21 at 15:31

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Inside of the textbox keydown event enter this code:

If (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
    {
        This.SelectNextControl(TextBox1, True, False, False, False);
    }

The name of the Textbox is TextBox1.

answered Jul 05 '21 at 15:31

didn't work for me... – SomeDev Jul 06 '21 at 14:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '21 at 22:36

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Set TextBox1.AcceptsReturn = false;
Add a KeyDown/KeyUp/KeyPress handler to the textbox and if the key is Enter or Return, invoke
TextBox1.MoveFocus (new TraversalRequest(FocusNavigationDirection.Next));

answered Jul 05 '21 at 22:36

lidqy

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this one worked out best for me (I'm still learning WPF). thanks for your answer :-) – SomeDev Jul 06 '21 at 14:21

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