How to disable tab stop on a stackpanel

Question

I have a stackpanel that keeps getting focus when I tab around in the application.

Using snoop I can see that the stackpanel has a ContentControl which has a ContentPresenter. It is the ContentControl that gets the focus. How can I disable this? And why is this default behavior?

A `StackPanel` shouldn't be able to get focus unless you set `Focusable="True"` (default is `False`). Where is this `StackPanel` located, `Window`/`UserControl`, `ItemsControl`? — Fredrik Hedblad, Jun 06 '12 at 22:04
What happens when you set `Focusable="False"` on the ContentControl? — Kyeotic, Jun 06 '12 at 23:27

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '12 at 01:25

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This is not the default behavior, if it has been overwritten by some resource then you can reset it with

KeyboardNavigation.IsTabStop="False"

Or alternatively...

FocusManager.IsFocusScope="False"

answered Jun 07 '12 at 01:25

jimmyjambles

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What is the difference between these two approaches? – Drew Noakes Aug 20 '15 at 13:16
`FocusManager.IsFocusScope="False"` didn't work for me but `KeyboardNavigation.IsTabStop="False"` did – Tyson Williams May 27 '21 at 12:25

Eternal21 · Answer 2 · 2013-12-18T15:19:46.660

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Had a similar issue with a DataTemplate that was using a StackPanel as container. The DataTemplate was then used for ListBox items. None of the suggestions worked for me to prevent the items from receiving tab stops, until I used the following on the actual listbox:

KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="None"

edited Dec 18 '13 at 15:19

answered Dec 18 '13 at 15:14

Eternal21

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Or by code behind: `KeyboardNavigation.SetTabNavigation(control, KeyboardNavigationMode.None);` – Pollitzer Dec 12 '15 at 14:46
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How do you do that in UWP? Says "not supported" – Nilzor Sep 07 '16 at 06:10

How to disable tab stop on a stackpanel

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