When you have several controls, normally you can switch the focus simply by arrow keys. But in my current case this is undesired.
How to disable such focus switching? I already have set TabIndex to -1.
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greenoldman
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So when _should_ your controls lose focus? – Scott Solmer Nov 13 '14 at 12:37
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2possible duplicate of [How to disable navigation on WinForm with arrows in C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1318236/how-to-disable-navigation-on-winform-with-arrows-in-c) – Renatas M. Nov 13 '14 at 12:38
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@Okuma.Scott, when user clicks on other one with mouse. Why do you ask? – greenoldman Nov 13 '14 at 12:41
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In that case i486's answer should do what your looking for. – Scott Solmer Nov 13 '14 at 12:45
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1Have you tried these properties ? – Heena Nov 13 '14 at 13:08
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Handle KeyDown event for the form and set e.Handled = true when the key is Tab. Set KeyPreview = true for the form.
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Thank you, but WPF window does not have `KeyPreview` property, and I am not talking about Tab (this is easy), but arrow keys. – greenoldman Nov 13 '14 at 12:46
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1In WPF there is similar event - add attribute `PreviewKeyDown="Window_PreviewKeyDown"`. I tried this and it disabled left arrow: `private void Window_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) { Debug.Print("preview {0}", e.Key); if (e.Key == Key.Left) e.Handled = true; }` – i486 Nov 14 '14 at 09:02