This topic provides conceptual information about navigating map content in the XamGeographicMap control as well as all supported navigation features of the control.
When the XamGeographicMap control has received focus, keyboard navigation is activated and the map content can be navigated using inputs from a keyboard.
The following table summarizes keyboard navigation features supported in the XamGeographicMap control.
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Zoom in map content
Page Up key
Pressing the Page Up key on a keyboard, zooms in the map content to the center of the XamGeographicMap control by a scale factor of 0.8. This is equivalent to decreasing values of WindowScale property.
Zoom out map content
Page Down key
Pressing the Page Down key on a keyboard, zooms out the map content to the center of the XamGeographicMap control by a factor of 1.2 on scale of the map navigation window. This is equivalent to increasing values of WindowScale property.
Pan left (west) map content
Left Arrow key
Pressing the Left Arrow key on a keyboard, pans left the map content towards left edge (west direction) of the XamGeographicMap control. This is equivalent to decreasing value of the WindowPositionHorizontal property.
Pan right (east) map content
Right Arrow key
Pressing the Right Arrow key on a keyboard, pans right the map content towards right edge (east direction) of the XamGeographicMap control. This is equivalent to increasing value of the WindowPositionHorizontal property.
Pan up (north) map content
Up Arrow key
Pressing the Up Arrow key on a keyboard, pans up the map content towards top edge (north direction) of the XamGeographicMap control. This is equivalent to decreasing value of the WindowPositionVertical property.
Pan down (south) map content
Down Arrow key
Pressing the Down Arrow key on a keyboard, pans down the map content towards bottom edge (south direction) of the XamGeographicMap control. This is equivalent to increasing value of the WindowPositionVertical property.
Scale map content to fit viewable area
Home key
Pressing the Home key on a keyboard, fits the map content to the maximum viewable area of the XamGeographicMap control. This is equivalent to setting WindowRect property to a Rect of dimensions: 0, 0, 1, 1
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This topic provides conceptual information about navigating map content in the XamGeographicMap control as well as all supported navigation features of the control.