SelectedSlot is Null when ContextMenu in ScheduleView opened via touch

[Vic]

Hello,

I have a ScheduleView that uses only a MonthViewDefinition and implements a ContextMenu for copy/pasting appointments. It works great when using a mouse to right-click and open the context menu.  However, when opening the menu with a 'right-touch', the SelectedSlot property of the ScheduleView is always null.  As a result, the copy/paste only works with touch if the user first touches a slot to 'select' it and then opens the context menu. 

If the user 'right-touches' the day header (GoToDayButton) or an actual appointment, I am able to work around this problem by identifying the selected slot using GetClickedElement<TimeRulerMonthViewItem> or GetClickedElement<AppointmentItem> in the Opening event and programmatically setting the SelectedSlot property.  However, if they are 'right-touching' the empty area in a day slot, I don't see a way to identify the selected day, as GetClickedElement<HighlightItem> returns null.  Is there another way to identify the 'clicked' day in this case, or do you have any other suggestions on dealing with this touch bug?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Vic,

By right click I guess you mean the touch-and-hold gesture. In any case, the slot highlighting happens on the tap gesture which is basically TouchDown+TouchUp. The tap gesture is not executed when you have touch-and-hold, which is why the slot is not highlighted. To achieve your requirement, you can use the TouchManager to subscribe to the TouchAndHold event and manually update the slot.

public MainWindow()
{
	InitializeComponent();
	TouchManager.AddTouchDownEventHandler(this.ScheduleView, OnScheduleViewTouchDown);
}

private void OnScheduleViewTouchDown(object sender, TouchEventArgs args)
{
	Point position = args.GetTouchPoint(this.ScheduleView).Position;
	var tryHighlightSlotMethod = typeof(ScheduleViewBase).GetMethod("TryHighlightSlot", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
	tryHighlightSlotMethod.Invoke(this.ScheduleView, new object[] { position });
}       

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Martin Ivanov
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[Vic]

Martin,

That did indeed help. Thank you!

Kind regards,
Vic