ToolStripDropDownItem.ProcessDialogKey(Keys) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Processes a dialog key.

protected public:
 override bool ProcessDialogKey(System::Windows::Forms::Keys keyData);

protected internal override bool ProcessDialogKey (System.Windows.Forms.Keys keyData);

override this.ProcessDialogKey : System.Windows.Forms.Keys -> bool

Protected Friend Overrides Function ProcessDialogKey (keyData As Keys) As Boolean

Parameters

keyData: Keys

One of the Keys values that represents the key to process.

Returns

Boolean

true if the key was processed by the item; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method is called during message preprocessing to handle the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, ENTER, and SPACEBAR keys in order to navigate the hierarchy of drop-down menus.

Notes to Inheritors

When overriding the ProcessDialogKey(Keys) method in a derived class, the overriding implementation should return true to indicate that it has processed the key. Derived classes will seldom, if ever, need to override this method.

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