How do I make the Windows 8 press-and-hold rectangle go away?

Question

If you press and hold a textbox on a touchscreen in Windows 8, a rectangle appears after some time. Here's a picture of it:

This rectangle is supposed to disappear when you release your finger. The context menu will now appear. (See Notepad for example.)

In a Delphi program, however, the rectangle is still there while the context menu is visible. It won't disappear until the menu closes. You can try this with a new VCL app with a TMemo.

How do I solve this?

Delphi still uses pre-Windows 8 UI events (ie. no WM_Pointer), but everything works fine except for this issue.

Did you went through the entire set of control's properties? There should be some setting you're missing for press-and-hold kind of event. — G21, Jan 11 '13 at 13:40
Using Delphi long ago... May be it is possible to redraw your control (SetRedraw or somehow) before menu pop up? — Maximus, Jan 13 '13 at 12:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '13 at 10:58

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The problem goes away if you include toPenTapFeedback in Touch.TabletOptions.

answered Feb 12 '13 at 10:58

Giel

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How do I make the Windows 8 press-and-hold rectangle go away?

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