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Michael Kelley
Michael Kelley

Reputation: 3689

Distinguish between normal "ENTER" and the number-pad "ENTER" keypress?

In my PreviewKeyDown() handler how do I tell the difference between the ENTER key on number-pad and the ENTER key on the main board?

Both keys return the same value Key.Enter for KeyEventArgs.Key.

The closest answer I can find to this question is here: What's the difference between Key.Enter and Key.Return?, but unfortunately this works only if the app is fully trusted.

I'd like a solution without this restriction.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 5399

Answers (3)

EricG
EricG

Reputation: 3849

See link, example impl. below.

private static bool IsNumpadEnterKey(KeyEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.Key != Key.Enter)
    return false;

  // To understand the following UGLY implementation please check this MSDN link. Suggested workaround to differentiate between the Return key and Enter key.
  // https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/b59e38f1-38a1-4da9-97ab-c9a648e60af5/whats-the-difference-between-keyenter-and-keyreturn?forum=wpf
  try
  {
    return (bool)typeof(KeyEventArgs).InvokeMember("IsExtendedKey", BindingFlags.GetProperty | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance, null, e, null);
  }
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
    Log("Could not get the internal IsExtendedKey property from KeyEventArgs. Unable to detect numpad keypresses.", ex);
  }

  return false;
}

N.b. if you want to check for regular EnterKey then obviously you should call
e.Key == Key.Enter && !IsNumpadEnterKey(e)

Upvotes: 7

FlyingGuy
FlyingGuy

Reputation: 333

The scan code is different for every key. You will have to be able to see that.

Upvotes: 1

Jaxkr
Jaxkr

Reputation: 1284

Sorry if I am being useless, but I don't think this is possible. Both of the ENTER keys return the same thing, so there is no real way to distinguish.

Upvotes: 0

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