WPF Popup wrapping when dragging vertically - wpf

I have a project that uses a System.Windows.Controls.Primatives.Popup to drag a 'tooltip' like control along with a mouse.
Whenever the drag crosses a horizontal line the popup 'wraps' to the bottom of the screen - despite having sane values for the VerticalOffset. The point at which this wrapping occurs appears to be tied to the HEIGHT of the window, but not it's position.
Here's the code from the sandbox project I have created that also exhibits the same behavior:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.MainGrid.MouseDown += Grid_MouseDown;
this.MainGrid.MouseUp += Grid_MouseUp;
this.MainGrid.MouseMove += (s, e) => { if (this.Popup.IsOpen) { Popup_Drag(s, e); } };
this.Popup.MouseMove += Popup_Drag;
}
private void Popup_Drag(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
Popup.HorizontalOffset = e.GetPosition(this.Popup).X;
Popup.VerticalOffset = e.GetPosition(this.Popup).Y;
this.Status_Top.Text = String.Format("Height/Top: {0}/{1} Width/Left: {2}/{3}", this.Height, this.Top, this.Width, this.Left);
this.Status.Text = String.Format("Vertical Offset: {0} Horizontal Offset: {1}", Popup.VerticalOffset, Popup.HorizontalOffset);
}
private void Grid_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
this.Popup.IsOpen = false;
}
private void Grid_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
this.Popup.IsOpen = true;
Popup_Drag(sender, e);
}
}
And the Window XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfSandbox.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid x:Name="MainGrid" Background="Purple">
<TextBlock x:Name="Status_Top"></TextBlock>
<Popup x:Name="Popup" Cursor="Hand" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" IsOpen="True">
<TextBlock Background="Blue" Foreground="White">
<TextBlock x:Name="Status">TEXT</TextBlock></TextBlock>
</Popup>
</Grid>
</Window>

I was able to fix this by adding Placement="RelativePoint" to the Popup attributes. Apparently this is the default in Silverlight, but not WPF.

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c# wpf Dialog will close the owner window

i have a window that is acting like a Dialog with two buttons and a textbox, so its an input dialog, the problem is when i press the buttons, or close the dialog window in any way the main window that i used to create this dialog will get closed too! (exit code = 0) and another thing is that it will work OK in vs debugging but when i run the app without vs debugging that owner window get closed and in my case that window is the Main app window so the whole application will shutdown! what am i doing wrong?
XAML:
<Window x:Class="Server.Forms.Dialogs.PokeDialog"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Server.Forms.Dialogs"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="Poke" MinHeight="120" MinWidth="225"
ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"
SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
x:Name="windowPoke"
Loaded="windowPoke_Loaded">
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="25">
<Label Content="Poke Reason:"
Padding="0"/>
<TextBox x:Name="textboxPokeReason"
Margin="0 5"/>
<DockPanel>
<Button x:Name="btnOk"
Click="btnOk_Click"
IsDefault="True"
Content="OK"
MinWidth="100"
Margin="0 0 5 0"/>
<Button x:Name="btnCancel"
Click="btnCancel_Click"
IsCancel="True"
Content="Cancel"
MinWidth="100"/>
</DockPanel>
</StackPanel>
C#:
public partial class PokeDialog : Window
{
public string PokeReason
{
get { return textboxPokeReason.Text; }
}
public PokeDialog()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void windowPoke_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
textboxPokeReason.Focus();
}
private void btnOk_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
DialogResult = true;
}
private void btnCancel_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
DialogResult = false;
}
}
the way i used dialog:
private void btnPokeClient_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var dialog = new PokeDialog();
if (dialog.ShowDialog() == true)
{
MessageBox.Show("TRUE - input text:" + dialog.PokeReason);
}
else MessageBox.Show("FALSE");
}
i can see the messageboxes too, but after closing this message boxes the whole app will get closed

Adding a Control per Mouse Click in Run Time

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Grid_MouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
Button button1 = new Button();
Point tPosition = Mouse.GetPosition(this);
button1.Margin = new Thickness(tPosition.X,tPosition.Y,0,0) ;
button1.Width = 75;
this.AddChild(button1);
}
}
I think the code is pretty self-explanatory, I used a code that is approved in other thread here in stackoverflow, it doesn't give any error, but it also doesn't show up, do I need to refresh the window? And how?
by request, the XAML
<Window x:Class="Ampeldingensthingy.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid MouseLeftButtonDown="Grid_MouseLeftButtonDown" Name="hans">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="398*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="105*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
</Window>
Window can have only one children and I think you already have one that is Grid whose MouseButtonDown you subscribing. Give a name to that Grid and then replace
this.AddChild(button1);
with
grid.Children.Add(button1);
here grid is the name given to Grid.
The object "this" depicts the Window object here. Content of a ContentControl must be a single element. Hence append the Button that is "button1" inside a parent Grid. For example
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Button button1 = new Button();
Point tPosition = Mouse.GetPosition(this);
button1.Margin = new Thickness(tPosition.X, tPosition.Y, 0, 0);
button1.Width = 75;
MainGrid.Children.Add(button1);
}
And in your Xaml
<Grid x:Name="MainGrid">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Click="Button_Click" Content="click" Grid.Row="1"/>
</Grid>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public StackPanel SPanel{get;set;}
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
SPanel = new StackPanel { Orientation = Orientation.Vertical };
}
private void Grid_MouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
Button button1 = new Button();
Point tPosition = Mouse.GetPosition(this);
button1.Margin = new Thickness(tPosition.X,tPosition.Y,0,0) ;
button1.Width = 75;
SPanel.Children.Add(button1);
window.Content = SPanel;
}
}
try to do the same with a canvas. the buttons will popup at the position you gave them.

Set events for new UIelements on runtime

I'm kinda confused with some problem, I'm doing a project where the user should be able to design questions with radio buttons, combo box, etc (kinda like toolbox from VS10 to design your XAML).
So far I can drag and drop an UIElement that I previously created, problem comes when the user creates a new element from my toolbox, I can't find the way to make that new UIElement to get the same events from my previosly created UIElement. Take a look at the code
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Canvas Height="190" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="158,41,0,0" Name="canvas1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="322" AllowDrop="True">
<Button Content="PROBANDO" Height="23" Name="button" Width="75" Canvas.Left="113" Canvas.Top="43" PreviewMouseDown="button_PreviewMouseDown" PreviewMouseMove="button_PreviewMouseMove" MouseUp="button_MouseUp" IsEnabled="True" />
<TextBlock Canvas.Left="99" Canvas.Top="147" Height="23" Name="textBlock" Text="" Width="107" />
</Canvas>
<ListBox Height="190" Name="listBox" Width="126" Margin="12,41,365,80" >
<ListBoxItem Content="Radio Button" Selected="radio_Selected" Name="radio" />
<ListBoxItem Content="Text" Selected="text_Selected" Name="text" />
<ListBoxItem Content="Combo Box" Name="combo" Selected="combo_Selected" />
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Window>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
Point p;
private void button_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
button.ReleaseMouseCapture();
}
private void button_PreviewMouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
button.CaptureMouse();
p = e.GetPosition(canvas1);
}
private void button_PreviewMouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
Point x = e.GetPosition(canvas1);
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
Canvas.SetLeft(button, Canvas.GetLeft(button) + (x.X - p.X));
Canvas.SetTop(button, Canvas.GetTop(button) + (x.Y - p.Y));
}
p = x;
}
private void generic_PreviewMouseDown(UIElement sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
Point x = e.GetPosition(canvas1);
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
Canvas.SetLeft(sender, Canvas.GetLeft(sender) + (x.X - p.X));
Canvas.SetTop(sender, Canvas.GetTop(sender) + (x.Y - p.Y));
}
p = x;
}
private void radio_Selected(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
RadioButton newRadio = new RadioButton();
canvas1.Children.Add(newRadio);
newRadio.PreviewMouseDown += generic_PreviewMouseDown(newRadio,?????);
textBlock.Text = listBox.SelectedIndex.ToString();
}
private void text_Selected(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
TextBox newText = new TextBox();
canvas1.Children.Add(newText);
textBlock.Text = (String)listBox.SelectedIndex.ToString();
}
private void combo_Selected(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Console.Write("Combo");
textBlock.Text = (String)listBox.SelectedIndex.ToString();
}
}
Thanks!
If all you want to do is handle the mouse down on the new RadioButton, change this line:
newRadio.PreviewMouseDown += generic_PreviewMouseDown(newRadio,?????);
To this:
newRadio.PreviewMouseDown += generic_PreviewMouseDown;
Edit
And then you need to change the generic_PreviewMouseDown to the following:
private void generic_PreviewMouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
UIElement elem = sender as UIElement;
Point x = e.GetPosition(canvas1);
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
Canvas.SetLeft(elem, Canvas.GetLeft(elem) + (x.X - p.X));
Canvas.SetTop(elem, Canvas.GetTop(elem) + (x.Y - p.Y));
}
p = x;
}

A draggable popup control in wpf

I need a draggable popup control in wpf and was wondering if any of your guys could help me out..I did see the following post:
Drag WPF Popup control
but that isnt how its supposed to work...? When i click and drag it always resets to a specific point and moreover the commenters said that this is not an efficient approach...?
Does anyone have any alternatives?
Thanks!
We can write a behavior to make any Popup draggable. Here is some sample XAML of a popup associated with a textbox that opens and stays open when the text box is focused:
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox x:Name="textBox1" Width="200" Height="20"/>
</StackPanel>
<Popup PlacementTarget="{Binding ElementName=textBox1}" IsOpen="{Binding IsKeyboardFocused, ElementName=textBox1, Mode=OneWay}">
<i:Interaction.Behaviors>
<local:MouseDragPopupBehavior/>
</i:Interaction.Behaviors>
<TextBlock Background="White">
<TextBlock.Text>Sample Popup content.</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</Popup>
</Grid>
Here is the behavior that allows us to drag the Popup:
public class MouseDragPopupBehavior : Behavior<Popup>
{
private bool mouseDown;
private Point oldMousePosition;
protected override void OnAttached()
{
AssociatedObject.MouseLeftButtonDown += (s, e) =>
{
mouseDown = true;
oldMousePosition = AssociatedObject.PointToScreen(e.GetPosition(AssociatedObject));
AssociatedObject.Child.CaptureMouse();
};
AssociatedObject.MouseMove += (s, e) =>
{
if (!mouseDown) return;
var newMousePosition = AssociatedObject.PointToScreen(e.GetPosition(AssociatedObject));
var offset = newMousePosition - oldMousePosition;
oldMousePosition = newMousePosition;
AssociatedObject.HorizontalOffset += offset.X;
AssociatedObject.VerticalOffset += offset.Y;
};
AssociatedObject.MouseLeftButtonUp += (s, e) =>
{
mouseDown = false;
AssociatedObject.Child.ReleaseMouseCapture();
};
}
}
If you are not familiar with behaviors, install the Expression Blend 4 SDK and add this namespaces:
xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
and add System.Windows.Interactivity to your project.
You could open a child Window with a custom border layout. Then add a MouseDown handler that enables the dragging:
<Window
WindowStyle="None"
ShowInTaskbar="False"
ResizeMode="NoResize"
SizeToContent="Height"
MouseDown="Window_MouseDown">
...
</Window>
In code behind:
private void Window_MouseDown(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
this.DragMove();
}

WPF Not sending MouseMove events after CaptureMouse();

I'm trying to have a WPF canvas with rounded rectangles on that I can drag round using the mouse. However once I try and capture the mouse on the canvas I don't get the move events any more.
This is a "mycanvas" user control and the rectangles are "foo" user controls. The XAML for these (minus the preamble) are:
mycanvas.xaml:
<Canvas MouseDown="CanvasMouseDown" MouseMove="CanvasMouseMove" MouseUp="CanvasMouseUp" Background="White">
<my:Foo HorizontalAlignment="Left" Canvas.Left="97" Canvas.Top="30" x:Name="m_foo" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="87" Width="128" />
</Canvas>
foo.xaml:
<Border BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" CornerRadius="15" Background="Plum">
<Grid>
<Label Content="Foo" Height="28" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="6,6,0,0" Name="label1" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
</Grid>
</Border>
And then the handlers are:
mycanvas.xaml.cs:
private void CanvasMouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Source is Foo)
{
m_moving = e.Source as Foo;
CaptureMouse();
e.Handled = true;
}
}
private void CanvasMouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (m_moving != null)
{
Canvas.SetLeft(m_moving, e.GetPosition(this).X);
Canvas.SetTop(m_moving, e.GetPosition(this).Y);
}
}
private void CanvasMouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
ReleaseMouseCapture();
m_moving = null;
}
The MouseDown fires and so the CaptureMouse gets called (and works because I can no longer close the app or click anything else in it!) but the MouseMove never gets called anymore - so where do the MouseMove events get sent now???
If I alt-tab to another application and then go back now suddendly the MouseMove is called and the Foo moves with the mouse.
Try either:
Mouse.Capture(this, CaptureMode.SubTree);
or
m_moving.CaptureMouse();
...
if (m_moving != null)
{
m_moving.ReleaseMouseCapture();
m_moving = null;
}
The mouse events were being raised by the Foo, not by the Canvas, so when you capture the mouse with the Canvas you prevent them from being raised.
You can directly use the MouseMove event on the Window:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.MouseMove += MouseEventHandler;
}
private void MouseEventHandler(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
System.Windows.Point position = e.GetPosition(this);
Canvas.SetLeft(ElipseElement, position.X-5);
Canvas.SetTop(ElipseElement, position.Y-5);
}
}

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