WPF listbox keyboard navigation & selecteditem interraction

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Hi all!

I have listbox which shows datacollection via datatemplate (I present each data as customized button). I need to iterract listbox items with keyboard and do Enter press event. Problem is that listbox does not iterract enter press at all. If I choose listbox item by mouse and the press enter it works.

Here is simplified snippet of my problem which shows exact same behaviour.

<ListBox>
         <ListBoxItem>
             <Button Content="ClicMe1" Click="Button_Click"></Button>
         </ListBoxItem>
         <ListBoxItem>
             <Button Content="ClicMe2" Click="Button_Click"></Button>
         </ListBoxItem>
         <ListBoxItem>
             <Button Content="ClicMe3" Click="Button_Click"></Button>
         </ListBoxItem>
     </ListBox>

and codebehind

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("event received");
        }       

Mouseclick works but keyboard navigation to button and enter press wont, unless I choose it by mouse first.

Hope you got idea :)

UPDATE:

OK, just like Wayne Gaylard suggested I get wanted behaviour when I press twice tab key before I can access to button. This is unfortunate because im sure that end user wont figure it out and mouse click is not option in this case.

Now im trying some automation in SelectionChanged event to focus to button automatically but so far no success. Advices appreciated :)!

Cheers!