Set OnKeyPress Event for Application

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Good Day,

The OnKeyPress event for my application is working OK but when my application window lost the focus, this event doesn't work anymore.

Is there anyway to keep onKeyPress event for my application working regardless where the focus is?

Thanks and your help is appreciated.

Posted 17-Feb-11 2:05am

Genius.Boy

Updated 17-Feb-11 2:14am

JF2015

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-17T02:14:00

Solution 1

If your application lost the focus, you usually don't get the key press events. That is standard windows behaviour. If you want to process keyboard events nontheless, have a look at this article:
Processing Global Mouse and Keyboard Hooks in C#[^]

Posted 17-Feb-11 2:14am

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Espen Harlinn 20-Feb-11 9:28am

That's usually the best way to do it, my 5