Maintain interaction with background while popup is visible

[tstrickler4]

I noticed on UWP (haven't tested iOS or Android) that when a popup is currently visible (in my case a BubblePopup specifically, so it might not be universal) and CloseWhenBackgroundIsClicked is false, I'm unable to interact with the background. This is fine in some cases, but in other cases, I need to maintain interaction. Unless I'm misinterpreting it, PopupPage has a BackgroundInputTransparent property, which I thought would enable background interaction, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I've tried setting it to both true and false, and there doesn't appear to be any difference.

What I'm trying to achieve is to have an Entry, which when typed in will display a popup with suggestions. I would like to maintain interaction with the background so I can continue typing in the Entry and simultaneously modify the suggestions in the popup. I'm also hoping to be able to select an item from the suggestions and perform actions based on it, so overall, I need both the popup and the background to be enabled at the same time.

I'm not sure if this is a bug report or a feature request, as I could be approaching this completely wrong.

[baskren]

@tstrickler4

First, please accept my apologies for not responding sooner. This is a volunteer effort - things that pay the bills will take priority.

Second, because working on this takes me away from more important things, I cannot afford to time to create apps that re-create the boundary conditions described in the issue. If you want progress on an issue, please take the time to share with me a demo app that clearly demonstrates the issue.

If I don't hear back from you in a couple of weeks, I'll consider that this is not a priority to you and will close the issue.

[tstrickler4]

I appreciate your response. I'll see if I can throw together a simple demo and then I'll provide a link.

[tstrickler4]

I apologize for the delayed response. The holidays got in the way. I've created a very simple demo of the issue. When you type in the entry box, the popup appears, and while you can continue to modify the text in the entry box, you can't interact with anything else on the page, such as the button below the entry. If you change line 27 of EntryWithPopup.xaml.cs to true, it doesn't have an effect, i.e., you still can't interact with the button.

[baskren]

@tstrickler4 : This is turning out to be much more difficult than expected. I may not have a fix to you anytime soon.