How Can I Handle a Parent's RoutedEvent?

Question

I want to handle the TabControl's SelectionChanged event in one of its child TabItems only. How can I do this?

I've tried

<TabControl Name="tbcTab">
    <TabItem Selector.SelectionChanged="tbcTab_SelectionChanged"/>
    ....

and it doesn't work. TabItem doesn't seem to have any other way of knowing when it's become the selected one.

I need it because the TabItem contains a TextBox to which I am setting the focus when the tab gets selected. — FreddyFlares, May 01 '14 at 22:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '14 at 21:43

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Gotcha - just do it the other way around - listen to the event at your TabControl level then check

System.Windows.Controls.SelectionChangedEventArgs.AddedItems[0] - if it's what you expect -act.

answered May 01 '14 at 21:43

user3455395

That's the way I'm doing it, I just wondered if I could handle it in the TabItem directly to avoid the if logic. – FreddyFlares May 01 '14 at 22:01

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