WPF: How to cancel drag & drop on Escape
QueryContinueDrag occurs during a drag-and-drop operation and enables the drag source to determine whether the drag-and-drop operation should be canceled. ( MSDN Reference ) The user can attach an event handler to the item being dragged and within the event handler, the user can listen if escape was pressed. If escape is pressed the user can set e.Action to DragAction.Cancel and the drag & drop operation will be cancelled. For example: // Attach QueryContinueDrag event handler before you perform Drag & Drop _draggedElt.QueryContinueDrag += OnDragSourceQueryContinueDrag; // Perform DragDrop DragDrop .DoDragDrop(_draggedElt, data, DragDropEffects .All); // Detach QueryContinueDrag event handler after Drag & Drop is complete _draggedElt.QueryContinueDrag -= OnDragSourceQueryContinueDrag; private static void OnDragSourceQueryContinueDrag( object sender, QueryContinueDragEventArgs e) { if (e.EscapePressed)