TextBox does not fire KeyDown event on spacebar

Question

I have textbox catching KeyDown events like this:

 <Style TargetType="TextBox">
        <EventSetter Event="KeyDown" Handler="TextBoxInput"/>
    </Style>

It works for all key and key combinations except spacebar. Even space with modifiers works ok, only space alone does not come to my method.

Is there anything I can change on the textbox to fire the event also on spacebar alone?

possible duplicate of [WPF: OnKeyDown() not being called for space key in control derived from WPF TextBox](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1458748/wpf-onkeydown-not-being-called-for-space-key-in-control-derived-from-wpf-text) — Habib, Sep 11 '12 at 11:14

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '12 at 11:17

4

Use the PreviewKeyDown event instead of KeyDown.

<EventSetter Event="PreviewKeyDown" Handler="TextBoxInput"/>

And you can use this article as backing for that.

answered Sep 11 '12 at 11:17

Mike Perrenoud

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