There is no mouse double-click event on UIElements in Silverlight. Some people think this is an odd omission. Silverlight's cousin WPF can fire a double-click event, so why not Silverlight? Even JavaScript can catch double-click events inside a web page, but we are not here to discuss what can be and what can’t be done, as we all know nearly everything can be done, it’s just a meter of time and money. What is revolutionary from the early beginning is in other technologies the exact behavior depends on the combination of browser version, operating system, and a small million of other tiny things
Silverlight is built for the web, and many consider double-clicking on the web to be a usability no-no.
Peter Chng once say: Take this comment by about the new Yahoo! Photos site; the user laments about the interface requiring a double-click to open a full-size image rather than just a traditional single-click as on most other websites. (The double-click detection is done via JavaScript) I'll admit that while I was first confused by this action, I thought little of that user's comment - I mean, how hard can it be to learn a simple action like that? But, after some more thinking, I've come to agree with the comment - breaking the pattern of how a user navigates on a website is not a good idea, even if it's done to try to make your website feel more like a desktop application. The New York Times website includes a feature that launches a search (in a pop-up window) when you double click a word inside an article. Digital Inspiration believes this behavior is user unfriendly, while Dion thinks the feature is a bug. You might also have noticed the only mouse button events in Silverlight are LEFT mouse buttons events. Edit (I haven't kept up with changes in the other lifestyle...) Macs don't have a right mouse button, and my guess is they never will (adding one now would be like admitting defeat). Exposing a right-click event could only invite more usability problems. Silverlight has some wonderful potential, do not forget that because after Silverlight mobile applications will never be the same again.