WPF – Set Focus when a button is clicked – No Code Behind

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Have you considered using an attached behaviour. They are simple to implement and use AttachedProperty’s. Although it still requires code, this code is abstracted away in a class and be reused. They can eliminate the need ‘code behind’ and are often used with the MVVM pattern.

Try this one and see if it works for you.

public class EventFocusAttachment
{
    public static Control GetElementToFocus(Button button)
    {
        return (Control)button.GetValue(ElementToFocusProperty);
    }

    public static void SetElementToFocus(Button button, Control value)
    {
        button.SetValue(ElementToFocusProperty, value);
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty ElementToFocusProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("ElementToFocus", typeof(Control), 
        typeof(EventFocusAttachment), new UIPropertyMetadata(null, ElementToFocusPropertyChanged));

    public static void ElementToFocusPropertyChanged(DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var button = sender as Button;
        if (button != null)
        {
            button.Click += (s, args) =>
                {
                    Control control = GetElementToFocus(button);
                    if (control != null)
                    {
                        control.Focus();
                    }
                };
        }
    }
}

And then in your XAML do something like…

<Button 
    Content="Click Me!" 
    local:EventFocusAttachment.ElementToFocus="{Binding ElementName=textBox}" 
    />
<TextBox x:Name="textBox" />

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