How can I get a FlowDocument Hyperlink to launch browser and go to URL in a WPF app? How can I get a FlowDocument Hyperlink to launch browser and go to URL in a WPF app? wpf wpf

How can I get a FlowDocument Hyperlink to launch browser and go to URL in a WPF app?


I found the answer to this one, you have to add RequestNavigate and handle it yourself:

Run run2 = new Run("this is a hyperlink");Hyperlink hlink = new Hyperlink(run2);hlink.NavigateUri = new Uri("http://www.google.com");hlink.RequestNavigate += new System.Windows.Navigation.RequestNavigateEventHandler(hlink_RequestNavigate);paragraph.Inlines.Add(hlink);void hlink_RequestNavigate(object sender, System.Windows.Navigation.RequestNavigateEventArgs e){    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(e.Uri.AbsoluteUri));    e.Handled = true;}


Got the solutions for this Poma. The code section below should be added to your class where you need to do this. Or you can put it in a static class somewhere if you need to get to it from multiple files. I've tweaked it slightly for what I'm doing.

    #region Activate Hyperlinks in the Rich Text box    //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5465667/handle-all-hyperlinks-mouseenter-event-in-a-loaded-loose-flowdocument    void SubscribeToAllHyperlinks(FlowDocument flowDocument)    {        var hyperlinks = GetVisuals(flowDocument).OfType<Hyperlink>();        foreach (var link in hyperlinks)            link.RequestNavigate += new System.Windows.Navigation.RequestNavigateEventHandler(link_RequestNavigate);    }    public static IEnumerable<DependencyObject> GetVisuals(DependencyObject root)    {        foreach (var child in LogicalTreeHelper.GetChildren(root).OfType<DependencyObject>())        {            yield return child;            foreach (var descendants in GetVisuals(child))                yield return descendants;        }    }    void link_RequestNavigate(object sender, System.Windows.Navigation.RequestNavigateEventArgs e)    {        //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2288999/how-can-i-get-a-flowdocument-hyperlink-to-launch-browser-and-go-to-url-in-a-wpf        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(e.Uri.AbsoluteUri));        e.Handled = true;    }    #endregion Activate Hyperlinks in the Rich Text box

You'll call it in your code like this:

        string xaml = HTMLConverter.HtmlToXamlConverter.ConvertHtmlToXaml(this.itemControl.NotificationItem.Body, true);        FlowDocument flowDocument = XamlReader.Load(new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(xaml))) as FlowDocument;        SubscribeToAllHyperlinks(flowDocument);        bodyFlowDocument.Document = flowDocument;

All the HTMLConverter stuff can be found at: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsdk/archive/2006/05/25/606317.aspxThat's if you need to convert HTML to a Flow Document. Although, that's slightly out of the scope of this topic.