How to find if enter was pressed in an edit control?

**Overlord** · 10-06-2007

Hi!
How to determine if the user has pressed the enter key in an edit control? Here's my attempt, but it doesn't work.

Code:

		
case WM_NOTIFY:
		if((((LPNMHDR) lparam)->code)==NM_CHAR && (((LPNMHDR) lparam)->hwndFrom)==editHwnd)
		{
			MessageBox(0,"ytr",0,0);
			 if(((LPNMCHAR)lparam)->ch==VK_RETURN)
			MessageBox(0,0,0,0);
		}
break;

**BobS0327** · 10-06-2007

You'll have to subclass the edit control

**@nthony** · 10-07-2007

This may also be of some use:

Originally Posted by MSDN

Specifies that a carriage return be inserted when the user presses the ENTER key while entering text into a multiline edit control in a dialog box. If you do not specify this style, pressing the ENTER key has the same effect as pressing the dialog box's default push button. This style has no effect on a single-line edit control.

I would assume from this then that hitting the ENTER key while in a single-line edit control will also trigger the default button. Just something to look into.

**Yarin** · 10-07-2007

This question has been asked (and answered) many times, just search the board.

**Overlord** · 10-09-2007

Ok, thanks.

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