WPF – How to set shortcut for custom button (image and TextBlock)

Question

I Have a little WPF window that contains 3 buttons with image and TextBlock like this :

<Button x:Name="cmdPrint" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Column="2" 
                    ToolTip="Print a simulation"
                     MouseMove="MouseMouveHandler"
                    Click="ButtonClickHandler" Height="36">
 <Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
       <ColumnDefinition Width="30"/>
       <ColumnDefinition Width="70"/>
     </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

     <Image Source="images\print.png" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"  
      Margin="2"/>

      <TextBlock Text="_Print" Grid.Column="1" Foreground="DarkBlue" 
      VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="2"/>
 </Grid>

</Button>

As you can see , the button is customized, so, the following code doesn’t work :

<Button Name="cmdPrint " Content="_Print"></Button>

Is it possible to Fire Print button when i Press ‘P’ key ?

Thank you in advance.

Move the code you want to execute in print button to a method.In keydown event check whether pressed key is "P". If so, call the method . — Victory Jessie, Mar 04 '14 at 08:48
Similar question [Assign Short Cut Key to a button + WPF](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3246134/assign-short-cut-key-to-a-button-wpf) — Lukas Kubis, Mar 04 '14 at 09:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '14 at 09:30

Use label instead of text block will work for you

                Click="ButtonClickHandler" Height="36" >
            <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="30"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="70"/>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                <Image  Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"  
                       Margin="2"/>

                 <Label Content="_Print" Grid.Column="1" Foreground="DarkBlue" 
                        VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="2" />


            </Grid>

        </Button>

It works fine...But when window starts, Labels aren't underlined until i press Alt, however shortcuts work well, it is not a problem. Thank you very much. — Habib Gherairi, Mar 04 '14 at 10:22

WPF – How to set shortcut for custom button (image and TextBlock)

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