How would you make a bar like on breakout move back in forth with the arrow keys?

: How would you make a bar like on breakout move back in forth with the arrow keys?
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I'm not sure if I understood you well.
If you want to detect key presses and move an object on the form,you should use Key_Down event of your form.But first,set KeyPreview property to True.

Here is a sample code which moves a PictureBox:

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    Select Case KeyCode
        Case vbKeyRight
            Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left + 50
        Case vbKeyLeft
            Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left - 50
        Case vbKeyUp
            Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top - 50
        Case vbKeyDown
            Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top + 50
    End Select
End Sub