How to select an Metro listview item with mouse without invoking it?

Question

This question is about Windows 8 Metro UI's listview.

In listview with selectionMode set to single, you can drag an item down (in a gridLayout) or to the right(in a listLayout) a little bit and release to select the item.

However, how do I select an listview item with mouse without invoking it? I tried right click, which triggers a app bar in my application, but in the start screen, a right click on a tile will trigger a selection. How do I make that happen in my application?

Answer 1

Answering my own question as I just get a response from Microsoft.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithhtml5/thread/45859830-c12f-4d14-9090-41403e1ddae3

You can use Ctrl+left-click to select an item.

If you are finding the selection behavior differ from the start menu, the reply also says that is a known issue and may be changed in the future release.