EditBase.LongPress Event

Fires when the user presses and holds the editor.

Namespace: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Editors

Declaration

public event HandledEventHandler LongPress

Event Data

The LongPress event's data class is HandledEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Handled	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the event handler has completely handled the event or whether the system should continue its own processing.

Remarks

Editors raise the following events on user interaction:

• Tap - Fires when the user taps the editor.
• DoubleTap - Fires when the user double taps the editor.
• LongPress - Fires when the user presses and holds the editor.

Example

The following XAML assigns handlers to the Tap, DoubleTap, and LongPress events:

XAML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/xamarin/2014/forms/editors"
             x:Class="App1.MainPage">
    <StackLayout>
        <dxe:TextEdit Tap="TextEdit_Tap"
                      DoubleTap="TextEdit_DoubleTap"
                      LongPress="TextEdit_LongPress"/>
    </StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

C#

private void TextEdit_Tap(object sender, HandledEventArgs e) {
    (sender as TextEdit).Text = "You tapped me!";
}

private void TextEdit_DoubleTap(object sender, HandledEventArgs e) {
    (sender as TextEdit).Text = "You double tapped me!";
}

private void TextEdit_LongPress(object sender, HandledEventArgs e) {
    (sender as TextEdit).Text = "You pressed me!";
}