In the Xamarin.forms 3.3.0 update there's a suggestion to create hyperlinks via:
<Label>
<Label.FormattedText>
<FormattedString>
<FormattedString.Spans>
<Span Text="This app is written in C#, XAML, and native APIs using the" />
<Span Text=" " />
<Span Text="Xamarin Platform" FontAttributes="Bold" TextColor="Blue" TextDecorations="Underline">
<Span.GestureRecognizers>
<TapGestureRecognizer
Command="{Binding TapCommand, Mode=OneWay}"
CommandParameter="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/"/>
</Span.GestureRecognizers>
</Span>
<Span Text="." />
</FormattedString.Spans>
</FormattedString>
</Label.FormattedText>
</Label>
Normally, on Windows the mouse cursor changes when hovering over a hyperlink. Is there a way in Xamarin.forms to get the same change of mouse courser?
I think that you could create a custom renderer for UWP. For example, something like this:
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(HyperLinkLabel), typeof(HyperLinkLabel_UWP))]
namespace MyApp.UWP.CustomRenders
{
public class HyperLinkLabel_UWP: LabelRenderer
{
private readonly Windows.UI.Core.CoreCursor OrigHandCursor = Window.Current.CoreWindow.PointerCursor;
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Label> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (e.OldElement == null)
{
Control.PointerExited += Control_PointerExited;
Control.PointerMoved += Control_PointerMoved;
}
}
private void Control_PointerMoved(object sender, Windows.UI.Xaml.Input.PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
{
Windows.UI.Core.CoreCursor handCursor = new Windows.UI.Core.CoreCursor(Windows.UI.Core.CoreCursorType.Hand, 1);
if (handCursor != null)
Window.Current.CoreWindow.PointerCursor = handCursor;
}
private void Control_PointerExited(object sender, Windows.UI.Xaml.Input.PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (OrigHandCursor != null)
Window.Current.CoreWindow.PointerCursor = OrigHandCursor;
}
}
}