I have a Windows Phone app that I'm currently developing, and my share button opens a small popup with several options, using the following code:
private void share_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Popup share= new Popup();
share.Child = new sharePopup();
share.IsOpen = true;
share.VerticalOffset = 30;
share.HorizontalOffset = 0;
}
Now, this Popup has a 'close' button, but if I don't tap it, and instead tap another button on the previous, still visible page, the popup stays in place, even after moving to a new page. I HAVE to click on 'close' for the popup to go away.
What I'm looking for is a way for the popup to close if I tap anywhere outside of the popup itself. Is there a predefined method to do this? If not, what ways could I go at it?
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Here's the c# code for the pop-up
public partial class sharePopup : UserControl
{
public sharePopup()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Popup mensaje = this.Parent as Popup;
mensaje.IsOpen = false;
}
private void UserControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
this.Focus();
}
private void UserControl_LostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Popup mensaje = this.Parent as Popup;
mensaje.IsOpen = false;
}
}
}
The XAML for the popup only contains size, color and button definitions:
<UserControl x:Class="MSPinTrainingApp.sharePopup"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d"
FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
d:DesignHeight="480" d:DesignWidth="480"
Width="480" Height="200" >
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" LostFocus="LayoutRoot_LostFocus">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.Background>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{StaticResource PhoneChromeColor}"/>
</Grid.Background>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="3" x:Name="txtMensaje" Text="Compartir:" LostFocus="txtMensaje_LostFocus" />
<Image Margin="70,60,335,62" Source="appbar.email.hardedge.png" Stretch="Fill" Tap="Image_Tap_1"/>
<Image Margin="200,60,200,62" Source="appbar.facebook.png" Stretch="Fill" Tap="Image_Tap_2"/>
<Image Margin="335,60,70,62" Source="appbar.twitter.bird.png" Stretch="Fill" Tap="Image_Tap_3"/>
<Image Margin="430,-12,11,134" Source="/appbar.close.png" Width="50" Tap="Image_Tap_4"/>
</Grid>
After much failed experimentation and looking around the web, I came upon the Coding4Fun toolkit, and was able to make a working popup with its MessagePrompt. The toolkit is available at http://coding4fun.codeplex.com/