Button Handle MouseLeftButtonDown but still want the event to bubble

Question

I have a listbox with a DataTemplate for the items. Inside my template, I have a label and 3 buttons.

My problem is that when i click the buttons, the listboxitem never become selected since the button handles the event.

Is there a way I could make the event still bubble up the tree so my listboxitem become selected and still fire the click on the button?

Answer 1

Put this in your ListBox.Resources

<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
    <EventSetter Event="PreviewGotKeyboardFocus" Handler="SelectCurrentItem"/>
</Style>

And this in the Code Behind

protected void SelectCurrentItem(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
{
    ListBoxItem item = (ListBoxItem)sender;
    item.IsSelected = true;
}

You could use the following code as well which doesn't use code-behind, however it only keeps the ListBoxItem selected for as long as it has KeyBoard focus. Once focus leaves, the item becomes unselected

<Style TargetType="ListBoxItem">
  <Style.Triggers>
    <Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="True">
      <Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="True" />
    </Trigger>
  </Style.Triggers>
</Style>