I'm hooking my form with middle click. And for now i middle click to hook my form then middle click again to trigger my method to draw on my picturebox (which is on my form).
I'd like to middle click once and instantly draw on my picturebox instead of two middle click. I tried MouseHover and MouseEnter with this code :
private void PbxDrawing_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bMoving = true;
Point pos = PbxDrawing.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
x = pos.X;
y = pos.Y;
}
Mouse move :
private void PbxDrawing_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if(bMoving && x!=-2 && y != -2)
{
g.DrawLine(pen,new Point(x,y), e.Location);
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
It allows me to know the position of the cursor and draw but to draw i've to release middle click .
How can i draw from 1 middle click if my middle click was made outside of my form ?
Edit : Clarify question
Just check if the Middle Button is down in the MouseMove event:
private void PbxDrawing_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Middle)
{
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
private void PbxDrawing_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Middle)
{
g.DrawLine(pen, new Point(x, y), e.Location);
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
Your use of g is a red flag, though. Is g created with PbxDrawing.CreateGraphics()? If yes, this is wrong and should be refactored to use the e.Graphics from the Paint() event of the PictureBox.
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I am trying to create a swype like keyboard in Windows Forms using c#
I have two problems:
a. I am not able to reproduce the finger swipe action.
b. I am not able to recognize the letters under different keys.
For the first problem:
I used the Graphics Class and the Pen class and used it like this :
bool draw;
Graphics g;
Pen p;
int prevX;
int prevY;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
draw = false;
g = CreateGraphics();
p = new Pen(Color.Black, 2);
}
private void Form1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
draw = true;
prevX = e.X;
prevY = e.Y;
}
private void Form1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
draw = false;
}
private void Form1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (draw)
{
g.DrawLine(p, prevX, prevY, e.X, e.Y);
prevX = e.X;
prevY = e.Y;
}
}
But the problem here is that it starts drawing from the Left-top corner of the screen and not from the position of the button. It also does't draw over the buttons. Any control that is in the path overlaps the line.
For the second Issue:
a. I used the mouse down event to set a boolean value "Allow" as true and then when the mouse moves I tried getting the text of the button. Just as in the above picture. I tried to start from letter "S" and as I move over other letters only the letter "S" keeps recording. The Mouse Enter or Mouse Hover event of the other methods do not even occur.
b. I also tried using dragdrop event but it doesn't work too. I am not sure but I am assuming that as buttons are not draggable objects the dragdrop event doesn't work.
I don't understand or am confused how to achieve my goal.
You can create a custom control and handle its drawing yourself.
But if you are going to use Button controls and want to draw over those buttons, you can put a transparent panel as overlay on those buttons and draw the swipe path over the transparent panel:
Transparent Panel
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class TransparentPanel : Panel
{
const int WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = 0x20;
protected override CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
CreateParams cp = base.CreateParams;
cp.ExStyle = cp.ExStyle | WS_EX_TRANSPARENT;
return cp;
}
}
protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
{
}
}
Sample Form
This is just an example to demonstrate the usage of transparent control. To do so, it's enough to create a form and replace it's contents with following code:
TransparentPanel overlay;
TableLayoutPanel table;
List<Point> points = new List<Point>();
List<String> keys = new List<string>();
public Form1()
{
overlay = new TransparentPanel() { Dock = DockStyle.Fill };
this.Controls.Add(overlay);
table = new TableLayoutPanel()
{ ColumnCount = 6, RowCount = 4, Dock = DockStyle.Fill };
this.Controls.Add(table);
var list = Enumerable.Range('A', 'Z' - 'A' + 1)
.Select(x => ((char)x).ToString()).ToList();
list.ForEach(x => table.Controls.Add(new Button()
{ Text = x, Width = 32, Height = 32 }));
overlay.MouseDown += OverlayMouseDown;
overlay.MouseMove += OverlayMouseMove;
overlay.MouseUp += OverlayMouseUp;
overlay.Paint += OverlayPaint;
}
void OverlayMouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
ProccessPoint(e.Location);
}
void OverlayMouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
Clear();
ProccessPoint(e.Location);
}
void OverlayMouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (points.Count > 0)
MessageBox.Show(string.Join(",", keys));
Clear();
}
void OverlayPaint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
if (points.Count >= 3)
e.Graphics.DrawCurve(Pens.Red, points.ToArray());
}
void ProccessPoint(Point p)
{
points.Add(p);
var c = table.Controls.Cast<Control>()
.Where(x => table.RectangleToScreen(x.Bounds)
.Contains(overlay.PointToScreen(p))).FirstOrDefault();
if ((c != null) && (keys.Count == 0 || keys[keys.Count - 1] != c.Text))
keys.Add(c.Text);
overlay.Invalidate();
}
void Clear()
{
keys.Clear();
points.Clear();
this.Refresh();
}
I have a panel with multiple pictureboxes over it. I want to create a rectangle over panel and Picturebox when MouseLeft Button is down and Mouse is dragged. I understand Rectangle Mouse select area can be created with the combination of Mousedown on Panel and MouseMove events on Picturebox and Panel.
Now My Implementation is , When i receive Mousedown event on Panel I save Mousedown Location and look for MouseMove events. if mousemove events is on panel i draw a rectangle over panel and if Mouse Move event is on Picturebox i start drwaing Rectangle for that Picturebox.
Now the Problem is , when mouseleft button is down and mouse move is done over panel i am able to receive mousemove events over it and draw rectangle over panel. However i am not receiving any MouseMove Events for Picturebox to create rectangle select area for it.
Is my Implementation Correct and can someone kindly propose the solution for this ?
I am Posting My Code Snippet for reference.
Code:
//Panel Class
public partial class Childwindow : Form
{
//Mouse down event
private void ClickEventOnchildForm(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
RectStartPoint = e.Location;
IsSelecting = true;
Invalidate();
}
}
//Mouse Move event
private void flowLayoutPanel1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left)
return;
Point tempEndPoint = e.Location;
Rect.Location = new Point(
Math.Min(RectStartPoint.X, tempEndPoint.X),
Math.Min(RectStartPoint.Y, tempEndPoint.Y));
Rect.Size = new Size(
Math.Abs(RectStartPoint.X - tempEndPoint.X),
Math.Abs(RectStartPoint.Y - tempEndPoint.Y));
this.flowLayoutPanel1.Invalidate();
}
//Paint event
private void flowLayoutPanel1_Paint_1(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
if (Rect != null && Rect.Width > 0 && Rect.Height > 0)
{
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(selectionBrush, Rect);
}
}
}
Public class Picturebox: UserControl{
private void picbox_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{//Higlight particular Picturebox
}
}
I have a picture box and I draw a string on it by DrawString(). I change position of the string by scrolling a TrackBar. But I want to move the string by directly clicking on the string and then dragging. It'll be easier for any user. Can anybody help me achieve this?
Edit: I already move my pictureBox1 my mouse click:
private void pictureBox1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, 0, 0);
e.Graphics.DrawString(str, font, new SolidBrush(color), new PointF(NinjaClass.NINJA.pointX, NinjaClass.NINJA.pointY));
}
private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
private void pictureBox1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
pictureBox1.Left += (e.X - x);
pictureBox1.Top += (e.Y - y);
}
}
Using DrawString is not very convenient for such a task, you have to save a Rectangle around the string, update that rectangle according to the mouse movement ... If we need to click exactly on the string curve to move the string, using DrawString can't help. In such a case we have to use a GraphicsPath which supports a little hittesting. However in this case we just allow user to click on the string bounds, because clicking on the string curve with small font or even normal font is not easy and very annoying indeed. Try the following code:
//your form constructor
public Form1(){
InitializeComponent();
//add string to the GraphicsPath, the string location is initialized with (10,10)
gp.AddString("Your string goes here", Font.FontFamily,
(int)Font.Style, 20, new Point(10, 10), StringFormat.GenericDefault);
}
GraphicsPath gp = new GraphicsPath();
float dx, dy;
//the Paint event handler for your pictureBox1
private void pictureBox1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) {
e.Graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
gp.Transform(new Matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, dx, dy));//Translate and paint
e.Graphics.FillPath(Brushes.Red, gp);
gp.Transform(new Matrix(1,0,0,1,-dx,-dy));//translate back (reset to old location)
}
Point downPoint;
bool hitOn;
//MouseDown event handler for your pictureBox1
private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e){
if(e.Button == MouseButtons.Left){
downPoint = e.Location;
if (gp.GetBounds(new Matrix(1,0,0,1,dx,dy)).Contains(e.Location)) {
gp.Transform(new Matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, dx, dy));
hitOn = true;
}
}
}
//MouseMove event handler for your pictureBox1
private void pictureBox1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) {
if(hitOn){
dx = e.X - downPoint.X;
dy = e.Y - downPoint.Y;
pictureBox1.Invalidate();
} else {
pictureBox1.Left += e.X - downPoint.X;
pictureBox1.Top += e.Y - downPoint.Y;
}
}
}
//MouseUp event handler for your pictureBox1
private void pictureBox1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
hitOn = false;
}
Update: For using a transparent backColor Label: There is a note that when you drag and drop a label on a pictureBox at design time, the Parent of the label will be the pictureBox container not the PictureBox, that's by design, because PictureBox is not intended to contain any control. So you have to set the Parent using code, for the code moving the label, you do similarly to what you do with your PictureBox, the difference is the parent of PictureBox is your form while the parent of the label is your pictureBox:
public Form1(){
InitializeComponent();
label1.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
label1.Parent = pictureBox1;
//try this to prevent a little flicker, but looks like it does not help much
typeof(Control).GetProperty("DoubleBuffered", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic |
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)
.SetValue(pictureBox1, true, null);
}
Point lblDownPoint;
//MouseDown event handler for your label1
private void label1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e){
if(e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) lblDownPoint = e.Location;
}
//MouseMove event handler for your label1
private void label1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e){
if(e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) {
label1.Left += e.X - lblDownPoint.X;
label2.Top += e.Y - lblDownPoint.Y;
}
}
However after trying using a transparent BackColor label instead, I can see that it's fairly worse (caused by flicker) than draw directly on the pictureBox as the previous code does. You should consider to choose between them yourself, the previous code seems a little complicated (but not really if you understand it).
I need inherit events and properties. For example, I need to move a picture around a form.
I have this code to move one picture but I need to create multiple images with the same behavior.
private void pictureBox_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
private void pictureBox_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
pictureBox.Left += (e.X -x);
pictureBox.Top += (e.Y - y);
}
}
Create custom control:
public class MovablePictureBox : PictureBox
{
private int x;
private int y;
protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
{
base.OnMouseDown(e);
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
x = e.X;
y = e.Y;
}
}
protected override void OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs e)
{
base.OnMouseMove(e);
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
Left += (e.X - x);
Top += (e.Y - y);
}
}
}
UPDATE:
Instead of attaching a delegates, you should override inherited event functionality, as Microsoft recommends here.
After creating this control just compile program and drag your MovablePictureBoxes from Toolbox to form. They all will be draggable (or movable, if you wish).
What you really want to do is have your multiple PictureBoxes share the same event handlers:
private void pictureBox_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
// the "sender" of this event will be the picture box who fired this event
PictureBox thisBox = sender as PictureBox;
thisBox.Left += (e.X -x);
thisBox.Top += (e.Y - y);
}
}
Each PictureBox you create on your form keep hooking them up to the same, already created, event. If you look at the above code you'll notice that it determines which PictureBox called it and affects just that picture box.
i have used this code to move picture box on the pictureBox_MouseMove event
pictureBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(e.Location);
but when i try to execute the picture box flickers and the exact position cannot be identified. can you guys help me with it. I want the picture box to be steady...
You want to move the control by the amount that the mouse moved:
Point mousePos;
private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
mousePos = e.Location;
}
private void pictureBox1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) {
int dx = e.X - mousePos.X;
int dy = e.Y - mousePos.Y;
pictureBox1.Location = new Point(pictureBox1.Left + dx, pictureBox1.Top + dy);
}
}
Note that this code does not update the mousePos variable in MouseMove. Necessary since moving the control changes the relative position of the mouse cursor.
You have to do several things
Register the start of the moving operation in MouseDown and remember the start location of the mouse.
In MouseMove see if you are actually moving the picture. Move by keeping the same offset to the upper left corner of the picture box, i.e. while moving, the mouse pointer should always point to the same point inside the picture box. This makes the picture box move together with the mouse pointer.
Register the end of the moving operation in MouseUp.
private bool _moving;
private Point _startLocation;
private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
_moving = true;
_startLocation = e.Location;
}
private void pictureBox1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
_moving = false;
}
private void pictureBox1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (_moving) {
pictureBox1.Left += e.Location.X - _startLocation.X;
pictureBox1.Top += e.Location.Y - _startLocation.Y;
}
}
Try to change SizeMode property from AutoSize to Normal