Wpf: Touch bug/issue with ShowDialog and TextBox

Created on 31 Jan 2020 · 5Comments · Source: dotnet/wpf

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Hello I'm developing a WPF application to be used with touch devices (Running Win 10 full).

There is one scenario where the touch stops responding as expected.
If I have a TextBox and open a dialog (ShowDialog()) then the dialog won't handle any touch and will ignore the user:

A) 1 touch ignored - if using single touch driver.

B) 10 touches ignored - if using multi touch driver.

And after that it starts responding normally again.

I have attached a video show casing this issue and also a test project so you can easily replicate (using Windows Simulator w/ touch or a touch monitor)
In the video you can see that when opening the dialog through a button it responds as expected but if opened through a TextBox it will then have a touch issue.

textbox-showdialog-touch-issue.mp4

ms-wpf-testtouchdialogs.zip

The code being used is just this:

        private void TextBox_PreviewMouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
            // This cause touch issues within the dialog.
            // (1 touch ignored w/ single touch monitor/driver - 10 touches ignored w/ multi touch monitor/driver)
            new DialogWindow(). ShowDialog();
        }

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            new DialogWindow(). ShowDialog();
        }

Windows 10
VS 2019
.NET 4.6.1 (but it was also tested with 4.8, exactly same issue)

Original Comments

Visual Studio Feedback System on 1/20/2020, 06:41 PM:

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Visual Studio Feedback System on 1/30/2020, 01:12 PM:

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