Linda,

You'll have to override the Form's ProcessCmdKey() method. If you haven't done this before, the code should look something like this:

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{
	const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100;
	const int WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x104;

	if ((msg.Msg == WM_KEYDOWN) || (msg.Msg == WM_SYSKEYDOWN))
	{
            // "eat" any key that is not a space, as if it were never pressed
	    if (ActiveControl is CheckBox && keyData != Keys.Space)
		return true;
	}

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

~~Bonnie



>A user noted that when a checkbox control has focus and a letter for one of the hot keys is pressed (e.g., D for the delete button), the hot key fires without requiring Alt+D to be pressed.
>Now I realize that the user should not be pressing anything besides Enter or Space when on a checkbox control but . . .
>Does anyone have any suggestions other than 1) setting the tabstop property to false; 2) eliminating the hot keys; 3) training the users?
>Thanks.