Action the keypress method after the key is typed

Question

I'm actioning a method on a text box's KeyPress event, but the method is being run before the key is actually typed into the box.

If I use KeyUp, I get the behaviour I'm looking for, except KeyUp triggers on soft keys as well as standard characters, which isn't particularly useful for me.

Can I get KeyPress to run after the key is typed into the box? Or can I easily get KeyUp to ignore soft keys?

Answer 1

Well, you can remember keychar in KeyPress event, and do all necessary logic in KeyUp, using remembered char.

Answer 2

In your keypress event, you can concatenate textbox.Text and e.KeyChar into a new string and process this new string.

private void textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{    
    string newString = textBox1.Text + e.KeyChar.ToString();
    // Process newString
    // If after processing you do not wish to undo the typed letter do 
    // e.Handled = true;
}

Answer 3

You can also try the "TextChanged" event from your textbox control.

Answer 4

Use keyUp with as code:

private void textBox1_KeyUp(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
{
    //only do things when an alphabetical character is typed
    if ((e.KeyCode >= Keys.a) && (e.KeyCode <= key.z) ||
        (e.KeyCode >= Keys.A) && (e.KeyCode <= key.Z))
    {
        // do your thing
    }
}

You can ofcourse also check on other characters like . etc.