How to bind an Event Handler to a dynamically created control inside of a collection?

Question

I'm working with C# again, and trying to catch up with some of the newer aspects, as the last time I worked with it LINQ didn't yet exist. I am trying to create a calendar (not a date picker) in a Windows Store app, and dynamically create most of the controls. When a date is clicked/tapped, I want it to display information in a RichTextBlock. That part isn't the problem...I have a Grid control, and can iterate through the month to create the calendar by creating RichTextBlocks in a List called, naturally enough, calBlocks. This is the part that is giving me fits:

    for (int i = 0; i < DateTime.DaysInMonth(CurrentDate.Year, CurrentDate.Month); i++)
    {
        calBlocks.Add(new RichTextBlock());
        calBlocks[i].Tapped += new TappedEventHandler(calBlock_Clicked);
    }

I've defined a calBlock_Clicked handler, but it never seems to be reached. I seem to be missing something, and I think it's something pretty basic, but I just can't seem to see it.

If you're interested, this is the calBlock_Clicked handler. It's pretty basic, and just for debugging purposes at the moment:

    void calBlock_Clicked(object sender, TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
    {

        Paragraph MainHeader = new Paragraph();
        Run HeaderDate = new Run();

        HeaderDate.Text = "This would be a long format date";

        MainHeader.Inlines.Add(HeaderDate);

        TestBlock.Blocks.Add(MainHeader);
    }

I have looked, but I haven't seen anything that answered exactly this...there have been a few similar posts, but nothing that quite answered my questions. If there already are, please point me to them!

Answer 1

Set the IsTextSelectionEnabled property of your RichTextBlock to false upon construction.

This will re-enable the Tapped event.

Example:

calBlocks.Add(new RichTextBlock() { IsTextSelectionEnabled = false });