Capture keys.TAB on KeyDown

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I am trying to capture TAB keypress on Keydown Event. I can see another post on How to fire an event when the tab key is pressed in a textbox? However, On the above link, posted solution is not working for me which I mentioned below. ``` Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) _ Handles TextBox1.KeyDown If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then e.SuppressKeyPress = True 'do something End If End Sub ``` For the testing purpose, I have added 2 simple textboxes on FORM1 and write the below code to capture the TAB on KeyDown event. ``` Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then e.SuppressKeyPress = True MsgBox("TAB DOWN") End If End Sub Private Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyPress Me.Text = e.KeyChar End Sub Private Sub TextBox1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows…

Accepted Answer

I found a new event called PreviewKeyDown()

```
 Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown
    If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then
        Me.Text = "TAB Capture From TextBox1_KeyDown At " & Now.ToString
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox1_PreviewKeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PreviewKeyDownEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.PreviewKeyDown
    If e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab Then
        Me.Text = "TAB Capture From TextBox1_PreviewKeyDown At " & Now.ToString
    End If
End Sub
```

If you will execute the above code, you will able to capture TAB key on PreviewKeyDown() event.

Capture keys.TAB on KeyDown

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