How to get the holding item in a ListView

Question

Hello,

How to get the holding item in a ListView, I tried this code inside Holding Event but it is not working.

var myOjbect = (sender as ListView).DataContext as MyClass;

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

your code will get the list view's data context, not the item.

If the item is selected, locate ListView.SelectedItem, or SelectedIndex to selected item.

If you override the default listitem's datatemplate, you can add a Holding event handler and get the sender that way.

Answer 2

Hi,

You can define a Listview/GridView DataTemplate like below:

<ListView x:Name="listview" 
                       ItemsSource="{Binding}">
            <ListView.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <ListViewItem Holding="ListViewItem_Holding" IsHoldingEnabled="True" >
                        <Image  Source="{Binding Image}" />

                    </ListViewItem>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ListView.ItemTemplate>
            
            <ListView.ItemsPanel>
                <ItemsPanelTemplate>
                    <VirtualizingStackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
                </ItemsPanelTemplate>
            </ListView.ItemsPanel>
        </ListView>

In XAML above, you can define listviewitem Holding event and set its IsHoldingEnabled to true, that value determines whether the Holding event can originate from that element. Then you can get listviewitem in the holding event:

 private void ListViewItem_Holding(object sender, HoldingRoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var tt = sender;
        }

Best Wishes!

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