Re: OnKeyDown not called for VK_DOWN or VK_RIGHT but is called for others.

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:14:27 -0700
Message-ID:
<8824346B-34FE-4210-AEB7-99C38844BA21@microsoft.com>
The problem is that the dialog doesn't have the focus (usually a control has
the focus) so it doesn't get the messages. You could do the keys in
PreTranslateMessage as Joe suggested. Nish wrote a nice article about it
that is an easy read. It also talkes about ProcessMessageFilter() which is
a handy feature as well.

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/pretransdialog01.asp?df=100&forumid=2969&exp=0&select=972782

Or you could use a specialized class like this one:

http://www.codeproject.com/system/KeyHook.asp

It seems like a lot of trouble to subclass every control to do this sort of
thing unless you're only using a few types. I mostly tell people to use Tab
and Shift+Tab which always seems to work and seems to be a more standard way
to do it.

Tom

"Harvey" <harveyab@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1174669270.327673.158870@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

On Mar 22, 10:18 pm, Joseph M. Newcomer <newco...@flounder.com> wrote:

Ah, so now the REAL problem is stated! You are doing this in a dialog!
Yes, in a dialog,
you often have to do this in PreTranslateMessage. I don't do this; I use
it in subclassed
controls that can have focus.
                                        joe


So why is this? Where are the keys going? Is it documented?
Thanks Joe,
Harvey

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