Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse.
(in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property Capture As Boolean
Dim instance As Control
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.Capture
instance.Capture = value
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool Capture { get; set; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool Capture {
bool get ();
void set (bool value);
}
public function get Capture () : boolean
public function set Capture (value : boolean)
Property Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if the control has captured the mouse; otherwise, false.
When a control has captured the mouse, it receives mouse input whether or not the cursor is within its borders. The mouse is typically only captured during drag operations.
Only the foreground window can capture the mouse. When a background window attempts to do so, the window receives messages only for mouse events that occur when the mouse cursor is within the visible portion of the window. Also, even if the foreground window has captured the mouse, the user can still click another window, bringing it to the foreground.
When the mouse is captured, shortcut keys should not work.
The following code example demonstrates the Capture property. To run this example paste the following code in a form containing a Label named label1 and two ListBox controls named listbox1 and listbox2. Ensure the form and controls' MouseDown event is associated with the method in this example.
'This method handles the mouse down event for all the controls on the form. When a control has
'captured the mouse, the control's name will be output on label1.
Private Sub Control_MouseDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseDown, _
label1.MouseDown, listbox1.MouseDown, listbox2.MouseDown
Dim control As Control = CType(sender, Control)
If (control.Capture) Then
label1.Text = control.Name & " has captured the mouse"
End If
End Sub
// This method handles the mouse down event for all the controls on the form.
// When a control has captured the mouse
// the control's name will be output on label1.
private void Control_MouseDown(System.Object sender,
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
Control control = (Control) sender;
if (control.Capture)
{
label1.Text = control.Name+" has captured the mouse";
}
}
// This method handles the mouse down event for all the controls on the form.
// When a control has captured the mouse
// the control's name will be output on label1.
void Control_MouseDown( System::Object^ sender,
System::Windows::Forms::MouseEventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
Control^ control = (Control^)(sender);
if ( control->Capture )
{
label1->Text = control->Name + " has captured the mouse";
}
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
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