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Mrks83
Mrks83

Reputation: 149

How to click Windows 8 RichEditBox hyperlinks?

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how can I click (and capture the click event of) a link in a Windows 8 RichEditBox.

I've placed the link using RichEditBox.Document.GetRange(0, 10).Link = "\"foobar\"". The link itself is shown in the RichEditBox, but I can't click it.

Thanks for advices.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 431

Answers (2)

Benoit Catherinet
Benoit Catherinet

Reputation: 3345

Here is a helper to add a link clicked event to the RichEditBox:

public class LinkClickedEventArgs
{
    public string LinkText { get; set; }
}

public class RichEditBoxWithHyperlink :RichEditBox
{

    public event EventHandler<LinkClickedEventArgs> LinkClicked;
    protected override void OnTapped(TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnTapped(e);
        if (LinkClicked != null)
        {
            Point tappedPoint = e.GetPosition(this);
            ITextRange textRange = this.Document.GetRangeFromPoint(tappedPoint, PointOptions.ClientCoordinates);
            textRange.StartOf(TextRangeUnit.Link,true);

            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(textRange.Link))
            {
                LinkClicked(this, new LinkClickedEventArgs(){LinkText = textRange.Link});
            }
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 6

Farhan Ghumra
Farhan Ghumra

Reputation: 15296

RichEditBox lacks WPF's RichTextBox's LinkClicked event. There is no way to detect whether the link was clicked or not. You can open the hyperlink only by pressing ctrl and clicking on link.

How can I make a hyperlink work in a RichTextBox? - This what in WPF

Upvotes: 0

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