Open a window using shortcut key in Wpf

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Please tell me how to open an existing window by assigning shortcut key.

e.g. if i press Ctrl+S then it should open settings.xaml window.

Please tell me how to do this

Posted 23-Mar-14 22:50pm

Snehasish_Nandy

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purvapatel · Answer 1 · 2014-03-24T01:20:00

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Hello,

You need to use the InputBindings and KeyBinding classes, as following:

C#

<window.inputbindings>
 <keybinding command="ApplicationCommands.Open">
       Gesture="CTRL+R" />
</keybinding></window.inputbindings>

Also, here's an article to help you out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1319425/application-level-shortcut-keys-in-wpf.

Posted 24-Mar-14 1:20am

purvapatel

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[no name] 24-Mar-14 7:28am

Where to write this code..?

Christian Amado 24-Mar-14 8:07am

Inside your XAML file in the parent control (not in openSettings.xaml)