Detecting right-click on XAML GridView control item

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Published on Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:31:17 GMT Indexed on 2012/06/24 21:16 UTC
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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.)

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