C# Picture Box as Accept Button of a Form

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Is there a way to set a picture box as the accept button of a winform? I tried to set it up on the form properties but it doesn't show up. Thanks for the answers.

Why? And what do you mean "it doesn't show up"? You have to have the "Accepted Button" control on the form and then use it in the property. — gunr2171, Oct 17 '13 at 19:58
Property is not named "AcceptPictureBox" it is "AcceptButton"! it has to be a button. More precise `IButtonControl` — Sriram Sakthivel, Oct 17 '13 at 20:01
An old hack I've been using for years is to add a button set it as AcceptButton and put it at location -100,-100. User won't know it's there but Enter will work — Alexandre Rondeau, Oct 17 '13 at 20:01
I've been trying to set a picture box as the AcceptButton of the form. Trevor Elliot's had already answered my question. Thanks for replies. — Vnz Dichoso, Oct 17 '13 at 20:22

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '13 at 20:01

No, a Button is an IButtonControl and a PictureBox is not. The Form.AcceptButton property is typed as an IButtonControl.

You can override ProcessCmdKey on the Form to intercept the Enter key as an alternative:

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{
    if (keyData == Keys.Enter)
    {
        // call your function instead if you want to do some processing first
        Close();
        return true; // return true to intercept the key press
    }

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

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '13 at 20:07

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it has to be button to be an "accept button of a winform" try setting backgroundimage property of a button as desired image and then set it as accept button of form.

answered Oct 17 '13 at 20:07

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