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Interacting with the Keyboard

Most every control handles its own keyboard input; however, on occasion, you'll want to handle keyboard input directly. For example, you might want to perform an action when the user presses a specific button or releases a specific button. Most controls support three events that you can use to work directly with keyboard input. These are listed in Table 18.4.

Table 18.4. Events That Handle Keyboard Input

Event Name	Description
KeyDown	Occurs when a key is pressed down while the control has the focus.
KeyPress	Occurs when a key is pressed (the key has been pushed down and then released) while the control has the focus.
KeyUp	Occurs when a key is released while the control has the focus.

These events fire in the same ...