Textbox Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V not working, is something to do with form being an MDI child

[cjard]

Ive been banging my head on something for a long time - in some apps i write, a textbox will accept me pressing Ctrl+C Ctrl+V to copy and paste etc. In other apps it doesnt work.

Ive eventually figured out today, that if the textbox is on a form that is an MDI child, then the keyboard shortcuts dont work. Maybe this is because they are being consumed before they reach the control, i dont know.. but i'd appreciate a solution if anyone knows how to mend this issue..

regards
Matt

 

[JohnH]

I found this post at another forum:

They are being handled by the MDI form generated.

For the controls:

copyToolStripMenuItem

and

cutToolStripMenuItem

look for the propery:

ShortcutKeys

The values are set to Control+C and Control+X.

Just clear them or provide code to:

CopyToolStripMenuItem_Click

and

CutToolStripMenuItem_Click

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Cheers,

Gaurav

 

[cjard]

Brilliant! Thanks for that tip, John.. I'd used a wizard to make an MDI desktop form, which had a canned Edit menu on it - Cut Copy and Paste were all implemented with do-nothing methods and attached to the shortcut keys. I removed the menu (it's extraneous) and the handling code and my copy/paste is working again. Thanks for your help!