KeyEventArgs::SuppressKeyPress Property

 

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the key event should be passed on to the underlying control.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public:
property bool SuppressKeyPress {
	bool get();
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the key event should not be sent to the control; otherwise, false.

You can assign true to this property in an event handler such as KeyDown in order to prevent user input.

Setting SuppressKeyPress to true also sets Handled to true.

The following code example prevents numeric keystrokes from reaching the TextBox control named textBox1.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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