Allowing Focus to a User Control

[vendiddy]

I have created a user control which displays some graphics that update in response to keyboard events. The problem is that I only want the user control to respond to keyboard events when it has focus.

How do I make it focusable? I've looked at the CanFocus property, but that's ReadOnly.

When I press the down arrow key while my user control has focus, I want the graphics in the user control to change. I don't want the selected cell in the datagrid view to the right of my user control to change.

Thanks!

 

[JohnH]

The .Focus() method will give the usercontrol focus (if there isn't another control on it like a Textbox that will take the focus). About the arrow you can use the usercontrols PreviewKeyDown event and set e.IsInputKey=True when arrow is detected, then redirect the keys request to your graphics handler.

 

[vendiddy]

Thanks! It works.

 

[ruben.vuittonet]

I have found that this is not necessary.
Put a textbox on the UserControl. When the control is entered, focus the text box.
All key and focus events from that standpoint.
Move it to a location such as -1000, so that it is never visible.
This technique has worked for me 100% of the time