Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys do not trigger KeyDown event

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I am building an application where all the key input must be handled by the windows itself.

I set tabstop to false for each control witch could grab the focus except a panel (but I don't know if it has effect).

I set KeyPreview to true and I am handling the KeyDown event on this form.

My problem is that sometimes the arrow key aren't responsive anymore:

  • The keydown event is not fired when I pressed only an arrow key.

  • The keydown event is fired if I press an arrow key with the control modifier.

Have you an idea why my arrow key suddenly stop firing event?

keydown winforms c#
10 Answers

I had a similar issue when calling the WPF window out of WinForms.

var wpfwindow = new ScreenBoardWPF.IzbiraProjekti();
    ElementHost.EnableModelessKeyboardInterop(wpfwindow);
    wpfwindow.Show();

However, showing window as a dialog, it worked

var wpfwindow = new ScreenBoardWPF.IzbiraProjekti();
    ElementHost.EnableModelessKeyboardInterop(wpfwindow);
    wpfwindow.ShowDialog();

Hope this helps.

user_43176600 
protected override bool IsInputKey(Keys keyData)
{
    if (((keyData & Keys.Up) == Keys.Up)
        || ((keyData & Keys.Down) == Keys.Down)
        || ((keyData & Keys.Left) == Keys.Left)
        || ((keyData & Keys.Right) == Keys.Right))
        return true;
    else
        return base.IsInputKey(keyData);
}
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