I have a WPF app that is using the MVVM pattern. Hooking up buttons to the VM is pretty straight forward since they implement the ICommand. I have a context menu that works
The following code can be used to bind a shortcut key directly to a command:
<Window.InputBindings>
<KeyBinding Command="{Binding Path=NameOfYourCommand}"
Key="O"
Modifiers="Control"/>
</Window.InputBindings>
Add this after Window.Resources in the XAML code of your view.
An alternative approach for binding a WPF Shortcut Key to a Command property of the ViewModel is shown in the ShortcutKey sample of the WPF Application Framework (WAF) project.
I agree that doing it in XAML is ideal, but for completeness sake, you could also add your binding in code. If you do it in the constructor, just make sure it is after the call to InitializeComponent()
InputBindings.Add(new KeyBinding(btnUpdate, new KeyGesture(Key.U, ModifierKeys.Control));
Have been able to add Keybinding on the DataGrid level. Like this :
Xaml :
<DataGrid
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
ItemsSource="{Binding YourCollection}"
CanUserAddRows="False"
HeadersVisibility="Column"
CanUserDeleteRows="False"
CanUserSortColumns="True"
CanUserResizeRows="False"
CanUserResizeColumns="False"
SelectedItem="{Binding YourSelectedItem}"
SelectionMode="Single"
SelectionUnit="FullRow"
>
<DataGrid.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
**<MenuItem Header="Delete" InputGestureText="Del" Command="{Binding DeleteCommand}">**
</MenuItem>
</ContextMenu>
</DataGrid.ContextMenu>
**<DataGrid.InputBindings>
<KeyBinding Key="Delete" Command="{Binding DeleteCommand}" CommandParameter="Delete"/>**
</DataGrid.InputBindings>
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Column Header" Binding="{Binding YourColumn}" IsReadOnly="True" />
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
View Model :
public ICommand DeleteCommand
{
get
{
return new DelegateCommand(ExecuteCommand, CanExecute);
}
}
private void ExecuteCommand()
{
// your code to delete here.
YourCollection.Remove(YourSelectedItem);
}
private void CanExecute()
{
// logic to check if the delete command can execute.
return YourSelectedItem != null ;
}
I wrote a custom markup extension to "bind" InputBindings
to commands, which can be used almost like a real binding :
<UserControl.InputBindings>
<KeyBinding Modifiers="Control"
Key="E"
Command="{input:CommandBinding EditCommand}"/>
</UserControl.InputBindings>
Note that this markup extension uses private reflection, so it can only be used if your application runs in full trust...
Another option is to use the CommandReference
class. It can be found in the MVVM toolkit available here. It's probably a cleaner approach, but a bit more complex to use.
Note that in WPF 4, the InputBinding.Command
, InputBinding.CommandParameter
and InputBinding.CommandTarget
properties are dependency properties, so they can be bound normally