Two Quick Questions - Tab Key and Radio/Check Box Controls

1) It appears that trapping of the "Tab" keyboard key is not supported in
any of a form's key events (i.e. KeyDown and KeyPress). Is there any way to
override this behavior to trap for the "Tab" key being pressed?

2) When a radio button or check box has focus, I want to display a visual
cue to the user for which control has the focus. Is there a way to set the
color of the font for a check box or radio button control? If not, could I
subclass it somehow and change the color myself?

Thanks!

Joe

Chris
Sat Aug 16 20:27:28 CDT 2003

1. Can be accomplushed using a system hook. It's been discussed heavily, so
check the archives for details.
2. Unfortunately most intrinsic controls are sealed, so you'll have to
probably do something more creative, like manually drawing a border around
it.

-Chris

"Joe Keller" <josepk@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:yKy%a.26203$Vx2.11792618@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
> 1) It appears that trapping of the "Tab" keyboard key is not supported in
> any of a form's key events (i.e. KeyDown and KeyPress). Is there any way
to
> override this behavior to trap for the "Tab" key being pressed?
>
> 2) When a radio button or check box has focus, I want to display a visual
> cue to the user for which control has the focus. Is there a way to set
the
> color of the font for a check box or radio button control? If not, could
I
> subclass it somehow and change the color myself?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe
>
>