Ctrl+C not copying to Clipboard for WPF DataGrid

Question

I'm using a standard data grid defined below. The itemssource is bound in the code behind after some calculations are done.

        <DataGrid Name="TimeDataGrid" Block.TextAlignment="Center" FontSize="14" SelectionMode="Extended" SelectionUnit="Cell" ClipboardCopyMode="ExcludeHeader" AutoGeneratingColumn="OFMDataGrid_AutoGeneratingColumn">
            <DataGrid.ContextMenu>
                <ContextMenu>
                    <MenuItem Command="Copy"/>
                </ContextMenu>
            </DataGrid.ContextMenu>
                <DataGrid.InputBindings>
                    <KeyBinding Key="C" Modifiers="Control" Command="Copy" />
                </DataGrid.InputBindings>
         </DataGrid>

The problem I am having is related to copying the data. When I ctrl+A to select all cells and the right-click, copy, it will select the data and add it to the clipboard. However, if I use ctrl+c, nothing gets put to the clipboard.

This is my first time posting here and I have read just about every suggestion ranging from the simplest adding of the applicationcommands to modifying oncopytoclipboard type events and nothing seems to work. I feel like I am missing something that should be obvious.

Thank you to anyone who can help.

You need to make sure that your Keyborad Focus is on your desired place. I am not sure how is that. But I am 100% sure it is something related to Where the Keyboard Focus is. — Khalil Khalaf, Aug 18 '16 at 20:43
Something like this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12866392/wpf-setting-keyboard-focus-in-a-user-control-problems-with-keybinding — Khalil Khalaf, Aug 18 '16 at 20:49
Shoot. Neither seem to resolve the issue. Still nothing is being sent to the Clipboard even after setting the keyboard focus — Tim Dash, Sep 01 '16 at 13:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '17 at 10:22

Try this:

<!-- This is required to handle CTRL + C when something is selected in the DataGrid -->
    <DataGrid.CommandBindings>
        <CommandBinding Command="Copy" Executed="CopyCommand" />
    </DataGrid.CommandBindings>

    <!-- This is required to handle CTRL + C when something is selected in the DataGrid -->
    <DataGrid.InputBindings>
        <KeyBinding Key="C" Modifiers="Control" Command="Copy" />
    </DataGrid.InputBindings>

Ctrl+C not copying to Clipboard for WPF DataGrid

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