Documentation does not mention the exceptions

[timirons]

Type of issue

Typo

Description

Special keys like Enter are not seen by KeyPreview, and you have to use ProcessCmdKey to catch them. This is not even hinted at, and the question of why it doesn't work is being asked repeatedly on StackOverflow.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/input-keyboard/how-to-handle-forms

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs-desktop/blob/main/dotnet-desktop-guide/winforms/input-keyboard/how-to-handle-forms.md

Document Version Independent Id

81be3ded-69e3-a5c2-fa7d-488bbe6af267

Platform Id

1ac0fdac-0037-9176-f1d0-dd36d7cb2c88

Article author

@adegeo

Metadata

• ID: 81be3ded-69e3-a5c2-fa7d-488bbe6af267
• PlatformId: 1ac0fdac-0037-9176-f1d0-dd36d7cb2c88
• Service: dotnet-desktop
• Sub-service: winforms

Related Issues

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Associated WorkItem - 584924

[adegeo]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll do a sweep of this keyboard related content and check it out for your suggestion and any other issues!