Trigger SelectedIndex changed whilst clicking on any control within a ListBoxItem area

Question

I\'ve a data template for ListBoxItem which contains of few buttons, and few custom controls like Grid or Chart. Each button is bound to an appropriate command handler, Sel

Answer 1

Add this to your ListBox.Resources

EDIT

The previous method only makes the ListBoxItem selected for as long as it has keyboard focus. If you move focus out of the ListBoxItem, it becomes unselected again.

Here's another simple way to select a ListBox item when the keyboard focus moves within the item, and it stays selected when focus is moved out of the ListBoxItem

And in the Code Behind

protected void SelectCurrentItem(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
{
    ListBoxItem item = (ListBoxItem)sender;
    item.IsSelected = true;
}