MouseDown Event [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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Occurs when a mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over a chart.

Private Subobject**_MouseDown(ByValButtonAs Long**, ByValShiftAs Long, ByValXAs Long, ByValYAs Long)

object An object of type Chart declared with events. For more information, see Using Events with Embedded Charts.

Button The mouse button that was pressed. Can be one of the following XlMouseButton constants: xlNoButton, xlPrimaryButton, xlSecondaryButton, or xlMiddleButton.

Shift The state of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys when the event occurred. Can be one of or a sum of the following values.

Value Meaning
0 (zero) No keys
1 SHIFT key
2 CTRL key
4 ALT key

X The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in chart object client coordinates.

Y The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in chart object client coordinates.

Example

This example runs when a mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over a chart.

Private Sub Chart_MouseDown(ByVal Button As Long, _
        ByVal Shift As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long)
    MsgBox "Button = " & Button & chr$(13) & _
        "Shift = " & Shift & chr$(13) & _ 
        "X = " & X & " Y = " & Y
End Sub

Applies to | Chart Object

See Also | MouseMove Event | MouseUp Event