Capture Combination Key Event in Win Form

Question

When the user presses SHIFT+UP key, I want my form to respond by calling up a message box.

How to do this in Windows Form?

Answer 1

Handle the KeyDown event and have something like:

if (e.modifiers == Keys.Shift && e.Keycode == Keys.Up)
{
    MessageBox.Show("My message");
}

The event handler has to be on the main form and you need to set the KeyPreview property to true. This can be done in design mode from the properties dialog.