How to disable tab stop on a stackpanel

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Michael picture Michael · Jun 6, 2012 · Viewed 14k times · Source

I have a stackpanel that keeps getting focus when I tab around in the application.

Using snoop I can see that the stackpanel has a ContentControl which has a ContentPresenter. It is the ContentControl that gets the focus. How can I disable this? And why is this default behavior?

Answer

jimmyjambles picture jimmyjambles · Jun 7, 2012

This is not the default behavior, if it has been overwritten by some resource then you can reset it with 

KeyboardNavigation.IsTabStop="False"

Or alternatively...

FocusManager.IsFocusScope="False"

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