Windows Presentation Foundation: 3 Events and the Event Model

Create rich Windows user experiences using the event model—the new and improved system for reacting to application events and user-triggered events like keyboard and mouse input.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching
• Disable the WPF debugging tool
• Using the exercise files

1. Understand the Event Model

• Understand routed events
• Understand event signatures
• Understand the RoutedEventArgs
• Wire up event handlers in XAML
• Wire up event handlers with the Properties window
• Wire up event handers in code
• Understand event bubbling
• Understand event tunneling
• Suppress events as they traverse the element tree

2. Mouse Events

• The MouseEnter and MouseLeave events
• Use the MouseWheel event
• Use the MouseMove event
• Set the mouse cursor
• Start a drag operation
• Use DragEnter to indicate a valid drag target
• Use the Drop event to complete the drag/drop operation
• Use formats to send different data to the drop target

3. Keyboard and Ink Events

• Use the TextChanged event
• Use the KeyUp event
• Use TextInput event to block user input
• Use the InkCanvas
• Use the Gesture event

Conclusion

• Next steps