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vb.net trap mouse click


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Hello folks!

I've been looking for a way to act on a mouse click that is performed anywhere on a form. As an example, is there any way that I could get a msgbox to pop up if the righ mouse button is clicked anywhere on a form, even if it is on a control?

Thanks guys. :)

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Here you go

Private Sub Form1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseDown

Select Case e.Button

Case MouseButtons.Left

MsgBox("LEFT")

Case MouseButtons.Right

MsgBox("RIGHT")

Case MouseButtons.Middle

MsgBox("MIDDLE")

End Select

End Sub

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  petroid said:
That code works for a blank form, but it doesn't affect a groupbox or mozilla control... Any other suggestions? :)

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someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think there's a simple way to do this.

but one method would be to hook all of the _Click events of the controls into the same handler as the form (you can have it hooked into multiple places so it doesn't interfere with the other functionality) and that might work.

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You are correct. There is no simple way to do this, as each control has it's own functions/methods. The control is on top of the form and there is no way to have a mouse event call the form's mouse event UNLESS you specifically have the control's Mouse event call the form's mouse event.

I guess the real question is WHY would a person want this functionality. What sort of issue are you trying to deal with and why would you want a generic event to happen for all controls. (hey, there could be a reason... *I* just don't know of one)

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If you wanted, you could try this..... but you'd have to add each thing in your form.

   Private Sub Universal_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles _
    Button1.MouseDown, Label1.MouseDown, MyBase.MouseDown, TextBox1.MouseDown
        MsgBox("Hello!")
    End Sub

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Ok heres an example :)

//Doing this will block all mouseup messages to button1
Application.AddMessageFilter(new MessageFilter(button1.Handle, 0x0205 /*WM_RBUTTONUP (Right mouse button up!*/));


......


	public class MessageFilter : IMessageFilter
	{
 ?public MessageFilter(IntPtr handle, int msg)
 ?{
 ?	Handle = handle;
 ?	Msg = msg;
 ?}

 ?private IntPtr Handle;
 ?private int Msg;

 ?public bool PreFilterMessage(ref Message m)
 ?{
 ?	if (m.HWnd == Handle)
 ?	{
 ? ?if (m.Msg == Msg)
 ? ?{
 ? ?	return true;
 ? ?}
 ?	}
 ?	return false;
 ?}
	}

Dan

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