Add Short Cut Key to button

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How Can I Add Short Cut Key To button in wpf? I have three window with New Button and i want to add Ctrl+N or etc short cut to all of them.

You can use underscore `_` in button contents and it will trigger with `Alt` key. also see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3246134/assign-short-cut-key-to-a-button-wpf — Habib, Mar 11 '13 at 07:57
This similar question might be of interest: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/612966/keyboard-events-in-a-wpf-mvvm-application — André C. Andersen, Mar 11 '13 at 07:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 25 '19 at 12:26

Here is a great tutorial for this : https://web.archive.org/web/20150430045153/http://tech.pro:80/tutorial/839/wpf-tutorial-command-bindings-and-custom-commands

Sample (taken from link above)

<Window x:Class="CustomCommandTest.CommandWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Custom Command Test" Height="300" Width="300">

  <Window.CommandBindings>
    <CommandBinding Command="Help" 
        CanExecute="HelpCanExecute"
        Executed="HelpExecuted" />
  </Window.CommandBindings>

  <Window.InputBindings>
    <KeyBinding Command="Help" Key="H" Modifiers="Ctrl"/>
    <MouseBinding Command="Help" MouseAction="LeftDoubleClick" />
  </Window.InputBindings>

  <StackPanel>
    <Button Command="Help" Content="Help Command Button" />
    <Button Content="My Command" x:Name="MyCommandButton" />
  </StackPanel>
</Window>

@AComputert: write a subclass which is inherited from Window or UserControl. Then implement these in that `YourWindow` and then use it instead of any window you want. — Zhr Saghaie, Jun 07 '15 at 12:10

DevT · Answer 2 · 2013-03-11T08:05:17.840

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you can do it as following method too. in form write method indicating short cut keys.

private void shortcutKey_Click(object sender, System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if ((e.Key == Key.N) && (Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.LeftCtrl) || Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.RightCtrl)))
        ProjMnuBtn_AddProj_Click(null, null);
}

then in xaml file you need to set it as follows:

<Window
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Width="1280" Height="920" KeyUp="shortcutKey_Click">

</Window>

edited Mar 11 '13 at 08:05

answered Mar 11 '13 at 07:59

DevT

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How can I add to multiple window? – AComputer Mar 11 '13 at 08:13
in this method you have to write this code in each window – DevT Mar 11 '13 at 08:15

Add Short Cut Key to button

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