The question is this:
when the mouse cursor moved on the button some thing should be happen but I don't know what exactly have to write
When you select the button in the VS-designer you will have access to the properties and events (lightning Icon in the property window).
In the events-listing are all events that the button can fire. May be for your purpose the events: ´MouseEnter´ and ´MouseLeave´ would be a good choice. Just double click the event and Visual Studio will generate the appropriate method. Like this:
private void button1_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// my code
this.button1.BackColor = Color.Red;
}
private void button1_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// my code
this.button1.BackColor = Color.Green;
}
In my example I just change the backcolour of the button when the mouse is on the button and change it again when it leaves the button.
Practically you could run any code inside the generated method.
You can create eventHandler like this :
myButton.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(doSomething);
Where myButton is the button from which you want to trigger the event when mouse moves over it. and doSomething() is the method defined as like the following:
public void doSomething(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
// do what ever you want
}
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So I would like to know what is wrong with the following code, especially from a theoretical point of view.
I have a user control in which I've added a text box.
When I click in the text box I would like the Mouse clicked event raised in the user control.
To my mind, the solution should be:
Create an event handler for the mouse click event in the text box.
in this event handler, raise the mouse click event for the user control.
so this is what i have:
private void txtLog_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
this.OnMouseClick(e);
}
i have tried it and it doesn't work, why is this?
P.S. I would really like to know why this is wrong! A correct solution is great, but I'm really trying to understand where I'm going wrong here. Thank :-)
Well, you could just click on your textbox in design mode and in the property window in events tab add the click event. or if you want to do it in runtime you can do it like this:
textbox.Click += Txt_Click;
private static void Txt_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// do your thing
}
or even shorter:
textbox.Click += (s,e) =>
{
//do your thing
};
you should do these three steps
declare an MouseClick delegation method for textbox
assign method to textbox
add this delegation to the this (form) OnMouseClick event [on user control constructor]
Step1:
private void textBox1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
}
Step2:
this.textBox1.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textBox1_MouseClick);
Step3:
public myUserControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.MouseClick += new MouseEventHandler(textBox1_MouseClick);
}
To create a mouse over button I use this code
private void btnCreateAccount_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnCreateAccount.ForeColor = Color.Gold;
}
private void btnCreateAccount_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnCreateAccount.ForeColor = Color.Black;
}
The mouse over button works however when I hover over the button there is a good at least 1 second delay. I would think that it should change colour as soon as the mouse is placed over the button and not with a (in my opinion) too long delay.
Is there any way of fixing that code by like refreshing the button or something along those lines? or perhaps someone has a code that works perfectly?
You are handling the Mouse Hover event. This will require the cursor to be still for a short while in order to fire.
The pause required for this event to be raised is specified in milliseconds by the MouseHoverTime property.
This is read only.
Normally if you want the colour to change immediately you should handle the Mouse Enter event:
private void btnCreateAccount_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnCreateAccount.ForeColor = Color.Gold;
}
Im working in WinForms I have 4 buttons on my form. I want to be able to hover my mouse over it and change the FlatStyle from Flat to System.
My code transforms all the buttons to System Style when you hover your mouse over it, that's not exactly what i had in mind.
All the buttons should remain flat until you hover over them. If you hover off the button it should turn back into flat button
private void All_Button_Hover_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btn_Back.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
Btn_Forward.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
btn_Print.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
btn_Open.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
}
Here's a suggestion of how you could handle this.
You're already setting all the buttons in a single event method, which is fine. Since the button that triggered the event is stored in sender, you could just use that:
private void All_Button_Hover_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
((Button)sender).FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
}
To change the buttons back to the original FlatStyle.Flat style, you'll probably want to subscribe all of their MouseLeave events to a method as well:
private void All_Button_Hover_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
((Button)sender).FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Flat;
}
In my Windows forms application written in C# I have a bunch of buttons. When the user's mouse hovers over a button, I want the button's border to change.
Currently I have multiple instances of the following (a copy for each button):
private void btnStopServer_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
oldColor = btnStopServer.FlatAppearance.BorderColor;
btnStopServer.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = mouseOverColor;
}
private void btnStopServer_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnStopServer.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = oldColor;
}
Since I have a lot of buttons, the code to change the color of the button's border takes up a lot of space.
Is there any simpler way that I could do this?
You should wire-up a single MouseEnter and MouseLeave to each control that needs this functionality (rather than writing a new version of each method for each control). Assuming you're using Visual Studio, this can be done by changing the target method name for the event, in each Button's property pane. If you write the following code first, then this method will appear in the property's MouseEnter and MouseLeave events' drop-down lists.
The code would then need to check which button from which the event was fired, as follows:
private void btnWithHoverBorder_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button eventButton = (Button) sender;
oldColor = eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor;
eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = mouseOverColor;
}
private void btnWithHoverBorder_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button eventButton = (Button) sender;
eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = oldColor;
}
I presume oldColor is a global? This might get out of sync if something "odd" happens where your MouseEnter event is fired for another button, before the corresponding MouseLeave is caught. To make this more robust, I'd consider storing the old color on the Button's .tag property, so that it's self-contained.
Eg:
private void btnWithHoverBorder_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button eventButton = (Button) sender;
eventButton.tag = eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor;
eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = mouseOverColor;
}
private void btnWithHoverBorder_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button eventButton = (Button) sender;
eventButton.FlatAppearance.BorderColor = (Color)eventButton.tag;
}
(The tag is basically a hook on which to tag "anything" relevant to a specific instance of a control, that there is not already a property for. It's of type Object which means you can tag anything there, but when you read from it, you need to cast it back to whatever type you put there in the first place. But because it's an Object you can put anything there, including eg a custom class that contains multiple properties, or an array, etc if you need to tag a control with more than one thing).
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm taking an intro to programming class and need a bit of help with this project I'm working on.
I'm trying to write an application that has about 30 buttons. One common thing I want is for all the buttons to turn yellow when clicked. If they're clicked a second time, they change back to the default color. right now I use the code:
private void btn_1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btn_1.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
}
But that only turns the buttons yellow, I can't turn them "off" by clicking it a second time.
Also, when I'm creating these button events in VS2010, I end up with 30 different event handlers for each button..Is there a way to get them all to do the same thing without having to write all the repetitive code?
I'm guessing that I would have to write my own buttons class? How would I go about doing that? Do i need to create a class library which inherits Buttons?
Sorry for the noob questions. THanks
If every button has a specific action that needs to be performed, then yes, you need to have a click handler for each; however, you can encapsulate the common behavior in a single method.
For example:
private void btn_1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ToggleColor((Button)sender);
//rest of the code specific to this button
}
private void ToggleColor (Button button)
{
if(button.Color==Color.Yellow;
button.Color=Color.Black;
else
button.Color=Color.Yellow;
}
Note that above code is not tested.
Now, if all the buttons do the same thing, you can just set the on click handlers for all of them to be btn_1_Click; for example.
private void btn_1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (btn_1.BackColor != Color.Yellow)
{
btn_1.BackColor = Color.Yellow
}
else
{
btn_1.BackColor = Color.Control;
}
}
this is switching default and yellow
If all buttons do the exact same thing you can assign the same event handler to all buttons (instead of btn_1_Click, btn_2_Click etc... you'd have btton_click) - you can select this handler in the properties of each button.
You don't have to write your own class. You can simply assign all your buttons to the same event handler, like this:
button1.Click += new EventHandler(myEventHandler);
button2.Click += new EventHandler(myEventHandler);
button3.Click += new EventHandler(myEventHandler);
button4.Click += new EventHandler(myEventHandler);
Just keep in mind that your event handler has this signature:
private void myEventHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
By doing that, all your buttons, when clicked, will trigger the same method.
Now to control the color, what you can do is create a simple property on your form which would hold the last color applied. It could be an enum, then you could simply check its value and apply the other one to the buttons, like this:
// Declare your enum:
private enum Colors { Yellow, Default }
private Colors ActualColor = Colors.Default;
// Write your custom event handler:
private void myEventHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (ActualColor == Colors.Default)
{
// Apply yellow to buttons
ActualColor = Colors.Yellow;
}
else
{
// Apply default
ActualColor = Colors.Default;
}
}
In order to keep track whether it is the 'second time' you press the button, you should declare a variable OUTSIDE the method, which indicates whether you already pressed the button or not.
For example:
public bool IsButtonYellow;
private void btn_1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
if(!IsButtonYellow) {
btn.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
IsButtonYellow = true;
}
else {
btn.BackColor = Control.DefaultBackColor;
IsButtonYellow = false;
}
}
Yes:
Create your own button class
Inherit from Button
Implement the handler in your button class and you're done
You can do something simple like this:
public class MyButton : Button
{
private bool _buttonState;
protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnClick(e);
if (_buttonState)
{
BackColor = Color.Yellow;
}
else
{
BackColor = Color.White;
}
}
}
Then in your code you can just create as many of these "MyButton" objects as you need, with no code repetition.
To make all buttons use the same event handler in VS2010:
Click once on a button to select it.
In the “properties” window: click on the “lightning” (=events).
Paste the first button’s event name (btn_1_Click) next to “Click”.
Do the same for every button.
As for changing the color:
See answer by killie01.
Good luck.