How do you get NavigateUri to work in a WPF window?

Question

The mailto link doesn't work in this sample:

<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <TextBlock>Please email
        <Hyperlink NavigateUri="mailto:test@test.co.uk">test@test.cp.uk</Hyperlink>
    </TextBlock>
</Window>

It works if I change Window to UserControl.

Can anyone help?

You might want to take a look at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1963532/how-to-get-a-simple-hyperlink-to-work-in-xaml — Gerrit Fölster, Feb 19 '14 at 13:08
Have a look on this too : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10238694/example-using-hyperlink-in-wpf — Sankarann, Feb 19 '14 at 13:12

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '14 at 13:37

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In Xaml : You need to add RequestNavigate

                    <TextBlock >
                        Please email <Hyperlink NavigateUri="mailto:test@test.co.uk"  RequestNavigate="Hyperlink_RequestNavigate">test@test.cp.uk</Hyperlink>
                    </TextBlock>

In code behind :

    private void Hyperlink_RequestNavigate(object sender, System.Windows.Navigation.RequestNavigateEventArgs e)
    {
        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(e.Uri.AbsoluteUri));
        e.Handled = true;
    }

answered Feb 19 '14 at 13:37

Christopher Sauer

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Worked a treat. Thanks for yor help. – Keith Harrison Feb 19 '14 at 13:54
I get exception "Program not found". – matsolof Dec 30 '16 at 12:29
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+1 and if you are getting an exception saying that the system cannot find the specified file, use `Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(e.Uri.AbsoluteUri) { UseShellExecute = true });` in place of the line above. – dotNET Jan 06 '21 at 08:53

How do you get NavigateUri to work in a WPF window?

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