MouseButtons Enum

Definition

Specifies constants that define which mouse button was pressed.

This enumeration supports a bitwise combination of its member values.

[System.Flags]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public enum MouseButtons
[System.Flags]
public enum MouseButtons
Inheritance
MouseButtons
Attributes

Fields

Name Value Description
None 0

No mouse button was pressed.

Left 1048576

The left mouse button was pressed.

Right 2097152

The right mouse button was pressed.

Middle 4194304

The middle mouse button was pressed.

XButton1 8388608

The first XButton (XBUTTON1) on Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer was pressed.

XButton2 16777216

The second XButton (XBUTTON2) on Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer was pressed.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the GetCharFromPosition method to obtain a character from the contents of a RichTextBox given its control coordinates. The example code uses coordinates located in the MouseEventArgs object passed as a parameter to the event handler to determine the location in the control to obtain the character. The character is then displayed in a MessageBox if it is not a space character. This example assumes that a RichTextBox control named richTextBox1 has been created and that the example code is connected to the MouseDown event of the RichTextBox.

private void richTextBox1_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
    // Determine which mouse button is clicked.
    if(e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
    {
        // Obtain the character at which the mouse cursor was clicked at.
        char tempChar = richTextBox1.GetCharFromPosition(new Point(e.X, e.Y));
        // Determine whether the character is an empty space.
        if (tempChar.ToString() != " ")
            // Display the character in a message box.
            MessageBox.Show("The character at the specified position is " + tempChar + ".");
    }
}

The following example demonstrates using different mouse events to draw the path of the mouse on a Panel. A line segment is added to the GraphicsPath for each MouseMove and MouseDown events that occur. To update the graphics, the Invalidate method is called for the Panel on each MouseDown and MouseUp event. In addition, the graphic path is scrolled up or down when the MouseWheel event occurs. Additional mouse events, like MouseHover, are identified on screen as well. Also displayed on the screen is additional information about the mouse from the SystemInformation class.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace MouseEvent
{
    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label4;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label5;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label6;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label7;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label8;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label9;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button clearButton;
        private System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath mousePath;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;

        private int fontSize = 20;        

        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        public Form1()
        {            
            mousePath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();

            this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.clearButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label5 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label6 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label7 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label8 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label9 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();

            // Mouse Events Label
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 504);
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(392, 23);
            // DoubleClickSize Label
            this.label2.AutoSize = true;
            this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 48);
            this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // DoubleClickTime Label
            this.label3.AutoSize = true;
            this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 72);
            this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // MousePresent Label
            this.label4.AutoSize = true;
            this.label4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 96);
            this.label4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // MouseButtons Label
            this.label5.AutoSize = true;
            this.label5.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 120);
            this.label5.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // MouseButtonsSwapped Label
            this.label6.AutoSize = true;
            this.label6.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(320, 48);
            this.label6.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // MouseWheelPresent Label
            this.label7.AutoSize = true;
            this.label7.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(320, 72);
            this.label7.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // MouseWheelScrollLines Label
            this.label8.AutoSize = true;
            this.label8.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(320, 96);
            this.label8.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
            // NativeMouseWheelSupport Label
            this.label9.AutoSize = true;
            this.label9.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(320, 120);
            this.label9.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);

            // Mouse Panel
            this.panel1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
                | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right);
            this.panel1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlDark;
            this.panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 160);
            this.panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(664, 320);
            this.panel1.MouseUp += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.panel1_MouseUp);
            this.panel1.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.panel1_Paint);
            this.panel1.MouseEnter += new System.EventHandler(this.panel1_MouseEnter);
            this.panel1.MouseHover += new System.EventHandler(this.panel1_MouseHover);
            this.panel1.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.panel1_MouseMove);
            this.panel1.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.panel1_MouseLeave);
            this.panel1.MouseDown += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.panel1_MouseDown);
            this.panel1.MouseWheel += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.panel1_MouseWheel);

            // Clear Button
            this.clearButton.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right);
            this.clearButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(592, 504);
            this.clearButton.TabIndex = 1;
            this.clearButton.Text = "Clear";
            this.clearButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.clearButton_Click);
            
            // GroupBox
            this.groupBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) 
                | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right);
            this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
            this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(664, 128);
            this.groupBox1.Text = "System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation";

            // Set up how the form should be displayed and add the controls to the form.
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(696, 534);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                        this.label9,this.label8,this.label7,this.label6,
                                        this.label5,this.label4,this.label3,this.label2,
                                        this.clearButton,this.panel1,this.label1,this.groupBox1});
            this.Text = "Mouse Event Example";

            // Displays information about the system mouse.
            label2.Text = "SystemInformation.DoubleClickSize: " + SystemInformation.DoubleClickSize.ToString();
            label3.Text = "SystemInformation.DoubleClickTime: " + SystemInformation.DoubleClickTime.ToString();
            label4.Text = "SystemInformation.MousePresent: " + SystemInformation.MousePresent.ToString();
            label5.Text = "SystemInformation.MouseButtons: " + SystemInformation.MouseButtons.ToString();
            label6.Text = "SystemInformation.MouseButtonsSwapped: " + SystemInformation.MouseButtonsSwapped.ToString();
            label7.Text = "SystemInformation.MouseWheelPresent: " + SystemInformation.MouseWheelPresent.ToString();
            label8.Text = "SystemInformation.MouseWheelScrollLines: " + SystemInformation.MouseWheelScrollLines.ToString();
            label9.Text = "SystemInformation.NativeMouseWheelSupport: " + SystemInformation.NativeMouseWheelSupport.ToString();
        }

        private void panel1_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) 
        {
            // Update the mouse path with the mouse information
            Point mouseDownLocation = new Point(e.X, e.Y);

            string eventString = null;
            switch (e.Button) {
                case MouseButtons.Left:
                    eventString = "L";
                    break;
                case MouseButtons.Right:
                    eventString = "R";
                    break;
                case MouseButtons.Middle:
                    eventString = "M";
                    break;
                case MouseButtons.XButton1:
                    eventString = "X1";
                    break;
                case MouseButtons.XButton2:
                    eventString = "X2";
                    break;
                case MouseButtons.None:
                default:
                    break;
            }

            if (eventString != null) 
            {
                mousePath.AddString(eventString, FontFamily.GenericSerif, (int)FontStyle.Bold, fontSize, mouseDownLocation, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
            }
            else 
            {
                mousePath.AddLine(mouseDownLocation,mouseDownLocation);
            }
            panel1.Focus();
            panel1.Invalidate();
        }

        private void panel1_MouseEnter(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
        {
            // Update the mouse event label to indicate the MouseEnter event occurred.
            label1.Text = sender.GetType().ToString() + ": MouseEnter";
        }

        private void panel1_MouseHover(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
        {
            // Update the mouse event label to indicate the MouseHover event occurred.
            label1.Text = sender.GetType().ToString() + ": MouseHover";
        }

        private void panel1_MouseLeave(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
        {
            // Update the mouse event label to indicate the MouseLeave event occurred.
            label1.Text = sender.GetType().ToString() + ": MouseLeave";
        }

        private void panel1_MouseMove(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            // Update the mouse path that is drawn onto the Panel.
            int mouseX = e.X;
            int mouseY = e.Y;
            
            mousePath.AddLine(mouseX,mouseY,mouseX,mouseY);
        }

        private void panel1_MouseWheel(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            // Update the drawing based upon the mouse wheel scrolling.
      
            int numberOfTextLinesToMove = e.Delta * SystemInformation.MouseWheelScrollLines / 120;
            int numberOfPixelsToMove = numberOfTextLinesToMove * fontSize;

            if (numberOfPixelsToMove != 0) {
                System.Drawing.Drawing2D.Matrix translateMatrix = new  System.Drawing.Drawing2D.Matrix();
                translateMatrix.Translate(0, numberOfPixelsToMove);
                mousePath.Transform(translateMatrix);
            }
            panel1.Invalidate();
        }
        private void panel1_MouseUp(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) 
        {
            Point mouseUpLocation = new System.Drawing.Point(e.X, e.Y);
        
            // Show the number of clicks in the path graphic.
            int numberOfClicks = e.Clicks;
            mousePath.AddString("    " + numberOfClicks.ToString(), 
                        FontFamily.GenericSerif, (int)FontStyle.Bold, 
                        fontSize, mouseUpLocation, StringFormat.GenericDefault);

            panel1.Invalidate();
        }

        private void panel1_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e) 
        {    
            // Perform the painting of the Panel.
            e.Graphics.DrawPath(System.Drawing.Pens.DarkRed, mousePath);
        }

        private void clearButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Clear the Panel display.
            mousePath.Dispose();
            mousePath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();
            panel1.Invalidate();
        }
    }
}

Remarks

This enumeration is used by many classes, including AxHost, Control, DataGrid, Form, RadioButton, Splitter, StatusBar, and UpDownBase.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9