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Control::ModifierKeys Property

 

Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state.

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

public:
property Keys ModifierKeys {
	static Keys get();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms::Keys

A bitwise combination of the Keys values. The default is None.

The following code example hides a button when the CTRL key is pressed while the button is clicked. This example requires that you have a Button named button1 on a Form.

private:
   void button1_Click( Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
   {
      /* If the CTRL key is pressed when the
         * control is clicked, hide the control. */
      if ( Control::ModifierKeys == Keys::Control )
      {
         (dynamic_cast<Control^>(sender))->Hide();
      }
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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