C# - shortcut Shift + some char not compiling

I work in Visual Studio 2008 (framework 3.5) and I am trying to add shortcut (for example Shift +

D) to menuStrip (exactly to toolStrip in menuStrip) but I can´t. I get error:

"The value of arg开发者_开发知识库ument 'value' (65604) is invalid for Enum type Keys.

Parameter name: value". It shows just with Shift. With Ctrl, Alt it´s ok. Even when I tried Ctrl + Shift + D then it worked but not with just Shift and letter.

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You can't use shift and a letter, digit or other character as a shortcut key, since the shift key works as a modifier -- it'd be like typing A when you really meant shift + A.

EDIT: I didn't find anything in the docs that stated it, but in this question it's stated that you can only use ctrl or alt in combination with a letter or digit. Though, you can of course use shift with ctrl or alt in any combination with another key!

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The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. It can only be used for shortcuts in conjunction with keys which do not have any alternate usages.

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You Could override it. It would let you use Shift with other keys, like Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + tab n such. I ended up with the same problem and this is how I solved my problem :

public class ExtendedTabControl: TabControl
{
    protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
    {
        if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Tab))
        {
            // Write custom logic here
            return true;
        }
        if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Shift | Keys.Tab))
        {
            // Write custom logic here
            return true;
        }
        return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
    }
}

I hope it helps