Using EventTrigges in GridViewDataColumns

[Marcus]

I have to react to a key-down-event in a datacell of a GridView. So in XAML I have defined the following:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Bezeichnung" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Bezeichnung}">
   <i:Interaction.Triggers>
      <i:EventTrigger EventName="KeyDown">
         <GalaSoft_MvvmLight_Command:EventToCommand Command="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ListBox}}, Path=DataContext.OpenNachschlagText}" />
      </i:EventTrigger>
   </i:Interaction.Triggers>
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

 

With this snippet of code there are no errors in the output-console (no "DataContext.OpenNachschlagText not found" or so). But my ICommand (RelayCommand in my case) is not called when I press a key on the keyboard.

What is wrong or better: how can I react on a key, for example the F5 key?

Thanks in advance

Marcus

[Petya]

Hi Marcus, 

Please have a look at the Keyboard Command Provider help topic and related SDK demo that demonstrate how you can go about reacting to key down. Also, bear in mind that if you only want to execute the command when in edit or view mode, you may need to check this in the ProvideCommandsForKey method, for example:

if (key == Key.F5 && this.parentGrid.CurrentCell.IsInEditMode)
{

}

Alternatively, you could redefine the CellTempalte and CellEditTemplate for the column and subscibe to KeyDown event in them.

I hope this is useful.

Regards,
Petya
Telerik