KeyDown event not triggering on arrow up and down

[danparker276]

If I type a letter it goes to the event, but not the arrow keys.

KeyUp does catch the arrow keys, so that's what I'm going to use


I'm basically doing this to put things in edit mode on the arrow up and arrow down:

private void handleArrows(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    RadGridView rgv = (RadGridView)sender;
    if (e.Key == Key.Down)
    {
        RadGridViewCommands.MoveDown.Execute(null);
        rgv.BeginEdit();
        e.Handled = true;
    }
    if (e.Key == Key.Up)
    {
         RadGridViewCommands.MoveUp.Execute(null);
        rgv.BeginEdit();
        e.Handled = true;
    }
}

[Yoan]

Hi Dan,

indeed, the KeyDown event will not be raised because GridView handles it internally.  In order to use it you have to subscribe to it with HandledEventsToo set to true. Please check the following code snippet for a reference:

this.gridView.AddHandler(RadGridView.KeyDownEvent, new KeyEventHandler(gridView_keyDown), true);
                   .
                   .
                   .
private void gridView_keyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
       {
           RadGridView rgv = (RadGridView)sender;
           if (e.Key == Key.Down)
           {
               RadGridViewCommands.MoveDown.Execute(null);
               rgv.BeginEdit();
               e.Handled = true;
           }
           if (e.Key == Key.Up)
           {
               RadGridViewCommands.MoveUp.Execute(null);
               rgv.BeginEdit();
               e.Handled = true;
           }
       }

 

Regards,
Yoan
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