I have created an attached behavior to try and achieve what you are trying to do.
Attached Behavior Code:
public static class ElementFocusBehavior
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty ElementToFocusProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("ElementToFocus", typeof (FrameworkElement), typeof (ElementFocusBehavior), new PropertyMetadata(default(FrameworkElement), PropertyChangedCallback));
private static void PropertyChangedCallback(DependencyObject dependencyObject, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs dependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs)
{
var button = dependencyObject as Button;
if (button == null) return;
if (button.IsLoaded)
{
AddClickHandler(button);
}
else
{
button.Loaded += ButtonOnLoaded;
}
}
private static void ButtonOnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
{
var button = (Button) sender;
button.Loaded -= ButtonOnLoaded;
AddClickHandler(button);
}
static void AddClickHandler(Button button)
{
button.Click += ButtonOnClick;
}
private static void ButtonOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
{
var fe = GetElementToFocus(sender as Button) as FrameworkElement;
if (fe == null) return;
fe.Focus();
}
public static void SetElementToFocus(Button button, FrameworkElement value)
{
button.SetValue(ElementToFocusProperty, value);
}
public static FrameworkElement GetElementToFocus(Button button)
{
return (FrameworkElement) button.GetValue(ElementToFocusProperty);
}
}
And the XAML for Button:
<Button Content="Reset" local:ElementFocusBehavior.ElementToFocus="{Binding ElementName=TextBoxThree, Path=.}" />
Sample code from my MainWindow:
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Name="TextBoxOne" />
<TextBox Name="TextBoxTwo" />
<TextBox Name="TextBoxThree" />
<Button Content="Reset" local:ElementFocusBehavior.ElementToFocus="{Binding ElementName=TextBoxThree, Path=.}" />
</StackPanel>
Basically, what I did was,
- have an attached behavior to store the element to be focused,
- and then in the attached behavior add event handler to button Click event,
- in the Click event set the Focus on the
ElementToFocus
element
Hope this helps.