KeysConverter Class

Most commonly, the KeysConverter type converter is used to convert Keys instances to and from their corresponding localized String representations.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the KeysConverter class to convert a KeyCode to a String. This example assumes that you have a TextBox named TextBox1 on a Form named Form1.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.textBox1.KeyPress += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventHandler(this.KeyPressWork);
        this.textBox1.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.KeyDownWork);
    }

    private void KeyDownWork(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(e.KeyCode.ToString(), "KeyDown");

        KeysConverter kc = new KeysConverter();
        MessageBox.Show(kc.ConvertToString(e.KeyCode), "KeyDown");
    }

    private void KeyPressWork(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(e.KeyChar.ToString(), "KeyPress");
    }
}

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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