In Windows 8.1 how to keep SettingsFlyout visible when focus is set elsewhere?

Question

In Windows 8.1 when native SettingsFlyout is visible and I click elsewhere, either in my app or in other app, the flyout disappears.

Is there a way to keep it visible until I dismiss is manually? My use case - I want to display "login" SettingsFlyout that won't disappear when user leaves the app and searches for his login name and password.

I've checked MSDN pages for it, but found no simple property for "Sticky" flyout.

Thanks for any hint!

Answer 1

There's no way to use the default API to make the SettingsFlyout "sticky" like the AppBar. The best way to achieve your scenario would be to make a custom SettingsFlyout-like Popup; the Callisto library implements one, and you can turn off IsLightDismissEnabled on the Popup to make it "sticky".

Answer 2

There is one way to do it without using the Callisto library with the default controls within the SDK.

public class CustomSettingsFlyout : SettingsFlyout
{
    bool back = false;
    private Popup popup;
    public void ShowWindow()
    {
        ShowIndependent();
        back = false;
        popup = (Parent as Popup);
        popup.IsLightDismissEnabled = false;
        popup.Closed += Popup_Closed;
        this.BackClick += CustomSettingsFlyout_BackClick;
    }

    void CustomSettingsFlyout_BackClick(object sender, BackClickEventArgs e)
    {
        back = true;
    }

    private void Popup_Closed(object sender, object e)
    {
        if (!back) popup.IsOpen = true;
    }



}

Now call the ShowWindow method is place of ShowIndependent on the new control.

CustomSettingsFlyout flyout = new CustomSettingsFlyout();
flyout.Content = new Grid();
flyout.ShowWindow();