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Button Class
Button Properties
 IsDefault Property
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library
Button..::.IsDefault Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a Button is the default button. A user invokes the default button by pressing the ENTER key. This is a dependency property.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property IsDefault As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Button
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsDefault

instance.IsDefault = value
C#
public bool IsDefault { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property bool IsDefault {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
JScript
public function get IsDefault () : boolean
public function set IsDefault (value : boolean)
XAML Attribute Usage
<object IsDefault="bool" .../>

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the Button is the default button; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Identifier field

IsDefaultProperty

Metadata properties set to true

None

When you set the IsDefault property of a button to true, you register the button with the AccessKeyManager so that a user can invoke the button by pressing the ENTER key.

The following example shows how to specify a button as the default button.

XAML
<Button Name="btnDefault" IsDefault="true" Click="OnClickDefault">OK</Button>

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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