What is the best way to simulate a Click with MouseUp & MouseDown events or otherwise?

Question

In WPF most controls have MouseUp and MouseDown events (and the mouse-button-specific variations) but not a simple Click event that ca

Answer 1

First add a Mouse event click function:

/// 

/// Returns mouse click.
/// 
/// mouseeEvent
public static MouseButtonEventArgs MouseClickEvent()
{
    MouseDevice md = InputManager.Current.PrimaryMouseDevice;
    MouseButtonEventArgs mouseEvent = new MouseButtonEventArgs(md, 0, MouseButton.Left);
    return mouseEvent;
}

Add a click event to one of your WPF controls:

private void btnDoSomeThing_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Do something
}

Finally, Call the click event from any function:

btnDoSomeThing_Click(new object(), MouseClickEvent());

To simulate double clicking, add a double click event like PreviewMouseDoubleClick and make sure any code starts in a separate function:

private void lvFiles_PreviewMouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    DoMouseDoubleClick(e);
}

private void DoMouseDoubleClick(RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Add your logic here
}

To invoke the double click event, just call it from another function (like KeyDown):

private void someControl_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Key == Key.Enter)
        DoMouseDoubleClick(e);
}