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Hi,
I'm working on WinUI3 desktop application inn cpp. I want to intercept keyboard event before it reaches the widget and do custom handling and not trigger the default handling. I tried KeyDown event, but with that we cant stop the default handling, even when i did args.handled(true), it did not stop default handling.
Hello @Anonymous ，
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
I want to intercept keyboard event before it reaches the widget and do custom handling and not trigger the default handling.
The control is not able to predict the event that the cursor is about to arrive. Have you tried the PointerEntered event?
Thank you.
I want to intercept keyboard events, not cursor events
Sorry, I misunderstood. May I ask if you have tried PreviewKeyDown Event, It triggers before KeyDown.
It worked, Thank you
Hello @Harshithraj1871 ，
To summaries this question to help anyone with the same problem.
It is recommended to use PreviewKeyDown Event to intercept keyboard event before it reaches the UI element.
<TextBox Text="test" KeyDown="TextBox_KeyDown" PreviewKeyDown="TextBox_PreviewKeyDown"/>
Thank you.
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