Xamarin right click event

Question

Is there any way to detect a right click event from a mouse when using Xamarin for a UWP app? There does not seem to be any way to access mouse events except as they simulate touch events.

Answer 1

If this is just a pure UWP app there is a UIElement.PointerPressed Event you can subscribe to.

void Target_PointerMoved(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
{
 Windows.UI.Xaml.Input.Pointer ptr = e.Pointer;
 if (ptr.PointerDeviceType == Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDeviceType.Mouse)
 {
 Windows.UI.Input.PointerPoint ptrPt = e.GetCurrentPoint(Target);
 if (ptrPt.Properties.IsRightButtonPressed)
 {
 // Do something
 }
 // Prevent most handlers along the event route from handling the same event again.
 e.Handled = true;
 }
}

Check out the docs for more info.

• John Gaby: This looks quite promising, thanks for the response. Now let's say that I have a Xamarin control (e.g. Xamarin.Forms.Grid), how do I get the underlying UIElement for that control in the case where it is a UWP app. Note, I am not looking for a cross platform solution, only one that will works with UWP apps.
• Nick Peppers: The easiest way might be to use the native control directly in Xaml/C#, especially if this is intended only as a UWP Forms app. It's that or you'll have to create your own custom renderer for that specific control(s).
• John Gaby: The app is cross platform, but when the user is using the Windows version, I want to add some mouse functionality that would not be available on the other platforms. I will look into the custom renderer. Thanks again.
• John Gaby: Well that was a lot of hoops to jump through just to be able to tell if the user clicked with the right mouse button but it works. Thanks for your help.