Catch keypresses in C#

Question

I need to catch keypresses in my C# program that has a WebBrowser control in it.

I know how to do it if there isn't any controls on the form or if I use a textbox or similar but the WebBrowser control seems to handle all keypresses itself.

Is there any way to override the WebBrowser_KeyDown function?

No I'm trying to make a program for taking screenshots of web pages. So I want to trigger the screenshot function when the user presses some key. — MrMe
– MrMe, Commented Feb 5, 2010 at 17:44

Program.X · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-05 17:08:27Z

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Set the KeyPreview property on the Form to True:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.form.keypreview.aspx

edited Feb 5, 2010 at 17:08

user195488

answered Feb 5, 2010 at 17:03

Program.X

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MrMe Over a year ago

It didn't work when I used the WebBrowser control. Id did however work just fine when using a picture box.. Thanks anyway.

MrMe Over a year ago

Strange your way does work if I remove focus from my program and give it focus again. But if I do it again (focus something else and then my program again) it stops working... Strange, but at least something to work on. Thanks!

kenny Over a year ago

I would say something other than your browser instance has focus.

MrMe Over a year ago

There were a function called: webBrowser_PreviewKeyDown() that I didn't see before. That one seems to be able to catch key presses even when the web browser were out of focus.

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