Question: Can mouse enter/leave be detected for a specific item (selected item) in UWP ListBox?

[YoungFcode]

I'm using a UWP ListBox and would like to be able to detect when the mouse pointer enters / leaves the SelectedItem in ListBox list.
The ListBox does have an associated PointerExited event, but that is for the whole ListBox itself.
I need to detect the mouse pointer on the specific item.

[mdtauk]

Have you tried looking at the ListBoxItem?

[YoungFcode]

Do you mean putting ControlTemplate for ListBoxItem inside ListBox xaml?
Then yes I tried this, but no event fired:

[YoungFcode]

Is there a ListBoxItem 'PointerExited' Visual State?

[mdtauk]

Is there a ListBoxItem 'PointerExited' Visual State?

The ListBoxItem moves from the PointerOver state back to the Default/Rest state?

Looking at the docs, all UIElements have a PointerExited event
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.ui.xaml.uielement.pointerexited?view=winrt-19041

[YoungFcode]

Indeed, the UIElements do have a PointerExited event. Where would I find an example of the PointerExited event implementation for a UWP ListBoxItem?

[StephenLPeters]

ListBox is a pretty old control, I'd recomend using ListView instead if possible. However attaching to the PointerExited event of your ListBoxItem should be pretty easy. I don't have an example on hand but if you have retrieved the ListBoxItem as a local variable it should be as easy as:

LocalListBoxItem.PointerExited += MyPointerExitedHandler

We have examples where we do this for other controls in the repo:

microsoft-ui-xaml/dev/PipsPager/TestUI/PipsPagerPage.xaml.cs

Line 52 in 2c6f199

TestPipsPager.PointerExited += TestPipsPager_PointerExited;

If you are having trouble getting the item yourself you might need this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.ui.xaml.controls.itemscontrol.containerfromitem?view=winrt-19041

What is your scenario? This shouldn't really be needed.