C# – How to Close a Window in WPF on a escape key

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How can I assign the 'Close on Escape-key press' behavior to all WPF windows within a project?

I want to close the windows in my wpf project when the user clicks the escape button. I don't want to write the code in every window but want to create a class which can catch the when the user press the escape key.

Best Answer

Option 1

Use Button.IsCancel property.

<Button Name="btnCancel" IsCancel="true" Click="OnClickCancel">Cancel</Button>

When you set the IsCancel property of a button to true, you create a Button that is registered with the AccessKeyManager. The button is then activated when a user presses the ESC key.

However, this works properly only for Dialogs.

Option2

You add a handler to PreviewKeyDown on the window if you want to close windows on Esc press.

public MainWindow()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    this.PreviewKeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(HandleEsc);
}

private void HandleEsc(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Key == Key.Escape)
        Close();
}

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