diff --git a/Avalonia.sln b/Avalonia.sln
index 8e94eb4e63..1f59a94e2e 100644
--- a/Avalonia.sln
+++ b/Avalonia.sln
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Shared", "Shared", "{A689DEF5-D50F-4975-8B72-124C9EB54066}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		.editorconfig = .editorconfig
+		src\Shared\EnumParserHelper.cs = src\Shared\EnumParserHelper.cs
 		src\Shared\ModuleInitializer.cs = src\Shared\ModuleInitializer.cs
-		src\Shared\RawEventGrouping.cs = src\Shared\RawEventGrouping.cs
 		src\Shared\SourceGeneratorAttributes.cs = src\Shared\SourceGeneratorAttributes.cs
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
index 8e4755b4b7..f0d54d831a 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Assets\*.trie" />
+    <Compile Include="..\Shared\EnumParserHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\build\Base.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\build\Binding.props" />
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/KeyGesture.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/KeyGesture.cs
index 6f302a3ae7..d7fe89afda 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/KeyGesture.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/KeyGesture.cs
@@ -155,11 +155,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
             if (s_keySynonyms.TryGetValue(key.ToLower(), out Key rv))
                 return rv;
 
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            return (Key)Enum.Parse(typeof(Key), key, true);
-#else
-            return Enum.Parse<Key>(key, true);
-#endif
+            return EnumParserHelper.ParseEnum<Key>(key, true);
         }
 
         private static KeyModifiers ParseModifier(ReadOnlySpan<char> modifier)
@@ -176,11 +172,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
                 return KeyModifiers.Meta;
             }
 
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            return (KeyModifiers)Enum.Parse(typeof(KeyModifiers), modifier.ToString(), true);
-#else
-            return Enum.Parse<KeyModifiers>(modifier.ToString(), true);
-#endif
+            return EnumParserHelper.ParseEnum<KeyModifiers>(modifier.ToString(), true);
         }
 
         private Key ResolveNumPadOperationKey(Key key)
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
index 0270000d8c..66a7a6389e 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Base\Avalonia.Base.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Controls\Avalonia.Controls.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Themes.Default\Avalonia.Themes.Default.csproj" />
+    <Compile Include="..\Shared\EnumParserHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\build\Rx.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\build\ApiDiff.props" />
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Remote/HtmlTransport/HtmlTransport.cs b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Remote/HtmlTransport/HtmlTransport.cs
index 7965e5d0d8..11a1efb9c7 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Remote/HtmlTransport/HtmlTransport.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Remote/HtmlTransport/HtmlTransport.cs
@@ -320,23 +320,13 @@ namespace Avalonia.DesignerSupport.Remote.HtmlTransport
             ? null
             : modifiersText
                 .Split(',')
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-                .Select(x => (InputProtocol.InputModifiers)Enum.Parse(
-                    typeof(InputProtocol.InputModifiers), x, true))
-#else
-                .Select(x => Enum.Parse<InputProtocol.InputModifiers>(x, true))
-#endif
+                .Select(x => EnumParserHelper.ParseEnum<InputProtocol.InputModifiers>(x, true))
                 .ToArray();
 
         private static InputProtocol.MouseButton ParseMouseButton(string buttonText) =>
             string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(buttonText)
             ? InputProtocol.MouseButton.None
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            : (InputProtocol.MouseButton)Enum.Parse(
-                typeof(InputProtocol.MouseButton), buttonText, true);
-#else
-            : Enum.Parse<InputProtocol.MouseButton>(buttonText, true);
-#endif
+            : EnumParserHelper.ParseEnum<InputProtocol.MouseButton>(buttonText, true);
 
         private static double ParseDouble(string text) =>
             double.Parse(text, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
diff --git a/src/Shared/EnumParserHelper.cs b/src/Shared/EnumParserHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09d6a0cb7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shared/EnumParserHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Avalonia
+{
+    internal class EnumParserHelper
+    {
+#if NET6_0
+        public static T ParseEnum<T>(ReadOnlySpan<char> key, bool ignoreCase) where T : struct
+        {
+            return Enum.Parse<T>(key, ignoreCase);
+        }
+#else
+        public static T ParseEnum<T>(string key, bool ignoreCase) where T : struct
+        {
+            return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), key, ignoreCase);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+}