Question

I have a button which is defined in XAML like this:

<Button x:Name="CommandsBtn"
        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
        Style="{StaticResource ControlsAppBarButtonStyle}"
        Click="Commands_Click"
        FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol"
        Background="{x:Null}"
        BorderBrush="{x:Null}"
        Margin="0"
        Grid.Column="3" />

and the ControlsAppBarButtonStyle is defined like this:

<Style x:Key="ControlsAppBarButtonStyle"
       TargetType="ButtonBase"
       BasedOn="{StaticResource AppBarButtonStyle}">
  <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.AutomationId"
          Value="CommandsAppBarButton" />
  <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.Name"
          Value="Controls" />
  <Setter Property="Content"
          Value="" />
</Style>

I would like to detect the PointerPressed and PointerReleased events. I do detect the click event.

Tried to do:

CommandsBtn.PointerPressed += CommandsBtn_PointerPressed;
CommandsBtn.PointerReleased += CommandsBtn_PointerReleased;

But the events are not being fired (or at least are not getting to my page).

How do I do that?

Thanks,
EitanB

Answer 1

Bind to the Button’s IsPressed property and handle changes of your bound property to see the changes. Consider using RepeatButton too.