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jerui
jerui

Reputation: 59

can other control cover on webview

WebView has the characteristic that other UI regions such as controls cannot be rendered on top of the WebView.

Does this mean that there is no way I can put other control (like popup ) on top of it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 837

Answers (2)

Jonna
Jonna

Reputation: 1645

May be it's a new class, there is a class called WebViewBrush for this purpose. Here is the link. WebViewBrush

Upvotes: 0

Jasper
Jasper

Reputation: 660

You are right. Currently, (25.04.2012) there is no way to overlay the WebView provided in the public SDK for Windows 8. The problem is basically that the WebView is technically a instance of Internet Explorer running in its own HWND inside of other Metro Style apps. Actually, the WebView is not a proper XAML control at all.

If you need to show static (non-interactive) HTML in your app, you can use the WebViewBrush.

I am currently looking for a solution myself: HTML/CSS Renderer for Metro-Style Apps

Basically, we have the following options right now: - MSFT "fixes" the WebView Control - Other Browser vendors (Mozilla, Google, Opera, etc.) provide a reuseable XAML Control - We develop our own port of WebKit

Maybe someday, the issue will be resolved...

See my thread here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/23a235a2-b0a3-4161-bc74-c42289c61264 Other ressources: http://nerddawg.blogspot.de/

Upvotes: 1

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