windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtraeditors-dot-container-dot-componenteditorcontainer-327da41d.md
Occurs when a character key is pressed within an in-place editor that belongs to the container component.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors.Container
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation
[DXCategory("ContainerEvents")]
public event KeyPressEventHandler EditorKeyPress
<DXCategory("ContainerEvents")>
Public Event EditorKeyPress As KeyPressEventHandler
The EditorKeyPress event's data class is KeyPressEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Handled | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the KeyPress event was handled. |
| KeyChar | Gets or sets the character corresponding to the key pressed. |
Unlike the ComponentEditorContainer.EditorKeyDown event, the EditorKeyPress event is only raised in response to pressing a character key. Note that pressing a character key raises both the ComponentEditorContainer.EditorKeyDown and EditorKeyPress events. If you continue to depress the key, the events will be triggered repeatedly with a short interval
After a key is released, the ComponentEditorContainer.EditorKeyUp event is fired.
Key press events are fired in the following order:
See Also
ComponentEditorContainer Class