Using OnKeyDown and OnPreviewKeyDown in a Canvas

Question

I have a DragCanvas class that inherits from Canvas and that implements functionality in order to grab, drag and resize elements. The DragCanvas class is very similar to the one

Answer 1

Set Focusable="True" for your canvas, then put this snippet into your window class and set DragCanvas into focus. Hope this helps you.

Loaded += (x,y) => Keyboard.Focus(DragCanvas);