"Chuck Bowling" <chuckbowling@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote:

>Am I doing something wrong or does the TextBox.AcceptsReturn property not
>work as documented?
>
>According to the help, "true if the ENTER key creates a new line of text in
>a multiline version of the control; false if the ENTER key activates the
>default button for the form."
>
>I don't want the Enter key to create a new line in the textbox. I have the
>property set to false but it makes a newline when I type in it anyway...
>What's up with that?
>

"Chuck Bowling" <chuckbowling@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote:

"C# Learner" <csharp@learner.here> wrote in message
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> "Chuck Bowling" <chuckbowling@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote:
>
> >Am I doing something wrong or does the TextBox.AcceptsReturn property not
> >work as documented?
> >
> >According to the help, "true if the ENTER key creates a new line of text
in
> >a multiline version of the control; false if the ENTER key activates the
> >default button for the form."
> >
> >I don't want the Enter key to create a new line in the textbox. I have
the
> >property set to false but it makes a newline when I type in it anyway...
> >What's up with that?
> >
>
> From
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwindowsformstextboxclassacceptsreturntopic.asp:
>
> "If the value of this property is false, the user must press
> CTRL+ENTER to create a new line in a multiline TextBox control. If
> there is no default button for the form, then the ENTER key will
> always create a new line of text in the control, no matter what the
> value of this property."
>
> I'm guessing you have no default button on your form? :-)

"C# Learner" <csharp@learner.here> wrote in message
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> "Chuck Bowling" <chuckbowling@sbcglobal-NO-SPAM.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> If you don't want the user to be able to insert a new line in a
> multi-line text box, and you don't have a default button on your form,
> you could do it like this:
>
> private void textBox_KeyPress(object sender,
> System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e)
> {
> e.Handled = e.KeyChar == 13;
> }