WPF keyboard shortcuts

Question

Are there any components or elements that allow you to configure keyboard shortcuts to click events of elements within WPF windows?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Diego,
I suggest you to use Google Translator to get my answer in Spanish, as I did to understand your question and translating it in my language.

Here is some hints for your question, it's really succint so if you need more feel free to ask:

//This is the class where you define a Command
//In My case it is set in a folder named Commands inside the WPF project

namespace MyCompany.MyApp.Commands
{
public static class MyCommandsClass
{

    public static readonly RoutedCommand OpenConfig = new RoutedCommand();

}

}
//This has to be set in the XAML part of the Window
//In example: MyWindow.xaml

<Window
x:Class="MYCompany.MyApp.Windows.MyWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:lcmd="clr-namespace:MYCompany.MyApp.Commands"
... More namespaces and class properties for Window
... >

<Window.Resources>
.... here you can have styles and other resources
</Window.Resources>

<!-- The following section of the window defines the event handlers for the command to be executed
CanExecute and Executed are the command events and the 2 event handlers have to be set in your code
to set if the command can execute and to implement the command code. -->
<Window.CommandBindings>
<CommandBinding
CanExecute="CommandToExecute_CanExecute"
Command="{x:Static lcmd:MyCommandsClass.CommandToExecute}"
Executed="CommandToExecute_Executed" />
</Window.CommandBindings>

<!-- The following section of the window assigns to the command a combination of keys used to execute the command.
in my case, Alt+A executes the code put into rhe CommandToExecute_Executed event handler -->
<Window.InputBindings>
<KeyBinding
Command="{x:Static lcmd:MyCommandsClass.CommandToExecute}"
CommandParameter="ParameterValue"
Gesture="Alt+A" />
<Window.InputBindings>

//This part instead has to be written in the .xaml.cs part of the window
// in example MyWindow.xaml.cs

//Here is the event that WPF uses to activate the execution of the command
//This is particularly useful to activate or deactivate buttons
//In my case I check that the ViewModel of the window has been instantiated and that
//a property has been instantiated
private void CommandToExecute_CanExecute(object sender, CanExecuteRoutedEventArgs e)
{
e.CanExecute = WModel != null && WModel.MyModelProperty != null;
}

//Here is the event handler for the code executed when Alt+A is pressed
//In this case I Get the CommandParameter value and pass it to the Method
//That executes my code.
private void CommandToExecute_Executed(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
try
{
string fieldName = e.Parameter.ToString();
WModel.MyCommandFunction(this, fieldName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
EventLogger.SendMsg(ex);
Msg.Error(ex);
}
}

HTH bye Sabrina

Answer 2

hi, maybe make this
create keydown event in window
and write this
ex.
if(e.Key==Key.LeftCtrl && Keyborad.IsKeyDown(Key.A))
{
MessageBox.Show("Ctrl+a Pressed");
}

Answer 3

Thank you for your answers. :)