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Navigate PopToRoot when Tab Reselected in .NET MAUI Windows

Bhuwan 1,066 Reputation points
2025-07-31T06:16:00.6633333+00:00

Navigate PopToRoot when Tab Reselected in .NET MAUI for Windows same like Android as per below ticket for your reference.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2041922/navigate-poptoroot-when-tab-reselected-in-net-maui

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  1. Michael Le (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 995 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-08-01T09:24:58.6033333+00:00

    Hello,

    I would not recommend implementing pop to root functionality when reselecting tabs on the Windows platform due to several technical and user experience considerations.

    Unlike Android and iOS, where tab reselection can be detected and navigation events are triggered accordingly, MAUI Windows (WinUI) suppresses duplicate SelectionChanged events, making it difficult to detect tab reselection through standard MAUI Shell events.

    This behavior aligns with Windows' design philosophy, which emphasizes persistent navigation states and performance optimization by avoiding redundant UI updates.

    Attempting to implement this feature on Windows would require complex custom handlers, native event interception, and significant development time, and the results would be unpredictable.

    Additionally, such an implementation would diverge from typical desktop UX expectations, where users expect persistent tab states rather than stack-clearing behaviors common in mobile applications.

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    It is more appropriate to adopt Windows-native alternatives such as toolbar buttons, context menus, keyboard shortcuts, or breadcrumb navigation.

    I hope this clarifies your issue.

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  1. Starry Night 30 Reputation points
    2025-08-04T05:59:52.6966667+00:00

    I did a test on my side, unlike Android platform and iOS Platform, there is no corresponding base class to inherit on Windows in package Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Handler.Conpatibility.ShellRenderer. That is to say, we could not achieve this function by override method OnTabReselected from ShellItemRenderer and ShellRenderer just as Android and iOS platform.

    And from the official documents View handlers, we could not find the relative handler about tab.

    Besides, I also find that there are some relative issues about this ,please check: Shell navigation PopToRoot does not work on Windows if stack size > 2 . From this issue, we couldn't find that :

    We've moved this issue to the Backlog milestone. This means that it is not going to be worked on for the coming release. We will reassess the backlog following the current release and consider this item at that time.

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