How to get the “KeyPress” event from a Word 2010 Addin (developed in C#)?

Question

How can I \"catch\" the KeyPress event from a Word 2010 Addin developed in C#?

Note: I\'m not looking for \"complex\" solutions like hooking stuff, but for the nice

Answer 1

You might try to use the Excel WebBrowser Control instead of the System.Windows.Forms WebBrowser; it handles special key forwarding as TAB, DEL, CTRL+V, etc.

For that change the WebBrowser contructor from

new System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser();

to

new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.WebBrowser();  

You would need to add references to your project: Project/Add Reference/Extensions select Microsoft.Tools.Outlook & Microsoft.Tools.Outlook.v4.0.Utilities