Windows.Form not fire keyDown event.

Question

private void screensaverWindow_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {            
        this.BringToFront();            
        this.Focus();
        this.KeyPreview = true;
        this.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(onkeyDown);            
    }        

onKeyDown() is never called. Any idea why?

EDIT This works in release mode!? I guess it must be visual studio debugger interfering somewhere

Answer 1

Seems to work for me:

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.BringToFront();
        this.Focus();
        this.KeyPreview = true;
        this.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyDown);
    }

    void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("test");
    }

Are there any child controls on your form ?

Answer 2

How about menus, do you have menus with shortcut keys defined? I had an issue where a context menu that was hidden was actually swallowing cetain keys and not passing them on to any of the form key events