My program is quite large, and uses WPF, and I want to have a global shortcut key that uses 'R', with no modifiers.
There are many controls such as TextBox, ListBox, ComboBox, etc. that all use letters inside the control itself, which is fine - that's correct for me.
But - I want to keep that KeyDown event from bubbling up to the main window, where it would trigger the shortcut any time a user is typing the letter 'R' in a TextBox, for example.
Ideally, I would like to be able to do this without having to specify (and do if-then logic on) every instance/type of control that might receive normal alphabetical key presses (not just the TextBox controls, though they are the worst offenders).
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2 Answers
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Simply check what the OriginalSource
is in your KeyDown
event handler on the Window:
private void Window_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) {
if(e.OriginalSource is TextBox || e.OriginalSource is DateTimePicker) //etc
{
e.Handled = true;
return;
}
}
Or if you are using InputBindings, experiment with setting e.Handled = true
in either the KeyDown
or the PreviewKeyDown
event on your Window, rather than the individual controls. In anyway, I think OriginalSource
is the key to your answer. (I swear that was not a pun).