Detect the Tab Key Press in TextBox

Question

I am trying to detect the Tab key press in a TextBox. I know that the Tab key does not trigger the KeyDown, KeyUp or the KeyPress events. I found: Detecting the Tab Key in Windows Forms of BlackWasp in the internet. They suggest to override the ProcessCmdKey, which I did, but it does not get triggered either. Is there a reliable way to detect the Tab Key press?

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{

    bool baseResult = base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);

    if (keyData == Keys.Tab && textBox_AllUserInput.Focused)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Tab key pressed.");
        return true;
    }
    if (keyData == (Keys.Tab | Keys.Shift) && textBox_AllUserInput.Focused)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Shift-Tab key pressed.");
        return true;
    }

    return baseResult;
}

According to Cody Gray's suggestion, I changed the code as follows:

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
    {
        if (keyData == Keys.Tab && textBox_AllUserInput.Focused)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Tab key pressed.");        }
        if (keyData == (Keys.Tab | Keys.Shift) && textBox_AllUserInput.Focused)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Shift-Tab key pressed.");        }

        return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
    }

The problem is that it does not capture the Tab key press.

Answer 1

Some key presses, such as the TAB, RETURN, ESC, and arrow keys, are typically ignored by some controls because they are not considered input key presses.

You can handle PreviewKeyDown event of your control to handle those key strokes and set them as input key.

private void textBox1_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.KeyData == Keys.Tab)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Tab");
        e.IsInputKey = true;
    }
    if (e.KeyData == (Keys.Tab | Keys.Shift))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Shift + Tab");
        e.IsInputKey = true;
    }
}