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combobox keypress reject all keys

combobox keypress reject all keys

alec

14yAsked Mar 23, 2012, 7:26 AM3.1kVisual Basic .NET

I have a combobox and I want to use the keypress event (or keydown if I'm doing it wrong) and I'm using this code:

private void CbQuantitySoldSD_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)

{

e.Handled = false;

}

to make it so that when you try and type nothing happens, but when I type into the combobox it still appears in the box. Any ideas?

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Vulpes14y ago
Accepted answer
I'd change the DropDownStyle property to DropDownList if you don't want the text portion to be editable by the user.
Vulpes14y ago
The reason why it didn't work before is that e.Handled should be set to true rather than false to suppress the display of the keystroke.
alec14y ago
that is a far better solution and I have used it, but if you can think of a reason as to why my code wasn't working I would love to know as if I wanted to restrict the combobox text to just numbers then my normal technique won't work if this doesn't work :'(