LongListSelector: Item tap?

Question

I am using LongListSelector control on Windows Phone 8 and can\'t figure out the best way to handle a tap on an item. The few examples I\'ve found rely on the SelectionChang

Answer 1

I done it with the Tap event handling.

I prefer not to use Selected property, but get tapped item this way (and I haven't noticed any bugs):

MyListItemClass item = ((FrameworkElement)e.OriginalSource).DataContext 
                                                             as MyListItemClass;

Also, you could get the original item ContentPresenter simple by navigating up through VisualTree from e.OriginalSource. That way:

ContentPresenter itemPresenter = SomeHelperClass
                              .FindParent(e.OriginalSource,"");

Where FindParent is similar to find child in this question: How can I find WPF controls by name or type?

ContentPresenter is that object what you need to manually change the item template if you want to (to set "selected" state for example).