How do I tell when the enter key is pressed in a TextBox?

Question

Basically, I want to be able to trigger an event when the ENTER key is pressed. I tried this already:

private void input_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)     {         if (e.Equals("{ENTER}"))         {             MessageBox.Show("Pressed enter.");         }     } 

But the MessageBox never shows up. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Give this a shot...

private void input_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)  {                             if(e.KeyData == Keys.Enter)        {           MessageBox.Show("Pressed enter.");       }              } 

Answer 2

To add to @Willy David Jr answer: you also can use actual Key codes.

private void input_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) {     if (e.KeyChar == 13)     {         MessageBox.Show("Pressed enter.");     } }