Detecting right-click on XAML GridView control item

June 24, 2012 · 1 min read

Leaving aside why you would ever want to do this in a touch-centric world, here's how you tell if the right-mouse button has been clicked on a GridView in XAML/WinRT/Metro-style. You have to retrieve a point relative to the UI element you're in, and then query its properties.

    void itemGridView\_PointerPressed(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.GetCurrentPoint(this).Properties.IsRightButtonPressed)
        {
            this.BottomAppBar.IsOpen = true;
        }
    }

(The reason why you might want to do this can be explained by looking at any of the built-in Win8 apps. You can right-click any of the items on any list to bring up a context-sensitive AppBar.)

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: mbrit

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