Making URLs on a textblock clickable

Question

I'm programming a little Twitter Client just for fun. I have the tweet's text on a TextBlock and I want to make the URLs clickable.

I know that I have to parse the URLs with a regexp but... how I put text plus link on the TextBlock?

I can't have a string like: Hello check my blog at <Hyperlink>http://myblogurl.com</Hyperlink> because the TextBlock doesn't parse the tags.

Then, how I can have a TextBlock that maybe has a link or maybe not?

Thank you.

Did you read this question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/861409/wpf-making-hyperlinks-clickable/867455#867455 — Ragepotato, Dec 15 '09 at 22:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '09 at 23:04

<RichTextBox  IsDocumentEnabled="True">
        <FlowDocument>
          <Paragraph>
          This is a richTextBox. And this is a <Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.microsoft.com">Hyperlink</Hyperlink>.
          </Paragraph>
        </FlowDocument>
  </RichTextBox>

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '09 at 22:58

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Rather than use a TextBlock, take a look at using the WPF version of the RichTextBox. It's a very flexible little critter.

answered Dec 15 '09 at 22:58

Pete OHanlon

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '09 at 00:31

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Something like...

<TextBlock>
    <Hyperlink Name="btnOpen" Click="btnOpen_Click">
        <TextBlock Text="Click to Open" />
    </Hyperlink>
</TextBlock>

answered Dec 16 '09 at 00:31

Daniel

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 16 '09 at 02:52

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You could parse the string in code behind and build up a collection of content controls, change your textblock to a wrap panel and set the children of the panel to your collection you have created.

answered Dec 16 '09 at 02:52

Daniel

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Making URLs on a textblock clickable

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