How to handle PreviewKeyDown event in DataGrid when the user has not selected any item. (WPF)

Question

I can handle the PreviewKeyDown event when some items of a DataGrid are selected. But if users don't select any items, the event will not be triggered. Could I handle the PreviewKeyDown event in this case?

Answer 1

You can handle previewkeydown on the datagrid but something in the datagrid would need to have keyboard focus.

Technically, that can happen without selecting a row.

Even then, you might find a control in the datagrid handles the event.