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DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs Class

Provides data for mouse events raised by a DataGridView whenever the mouse is moved within a DataGridViewCell.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs _
	Inherits MouseEventArgs
'Usage
Dim instance As DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs

The following code example illustrates the use of this type.

Private Sub dataGridView1_ColumnHeaderMouseClick(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.ColumnHeaderMouseClick

    Dim newColumn As DataGridViewColumn = _
        dataGridView1.Columns(e.ColumnIndex)
    Dim oldColumn As DataGridViewColumn = dataGridView1.SortedColumn
    Dim direction As ListSortDirection

    ' If oldColumn is null, then the DataGridView is not currently sorted. 
    If oldColumn IsNot Nothing Then 

        ' Sort the same column again, reversing the SortOrder. 
        If oldColumn Is newColumn AndAlso dataGridView1.SortOrder = _
            SortOrder.Ascending Then
            direction = ListSortDirection.Descending
        Else 

            ' Sort a new column and remove the old SortGlyph.
            direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending
            oldColumn.HeaderCell.SortGlyphDirection = SortOrder.None
        End If 
    Else
        direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending
    End If 

    ' Sort the selected column.
    dataGridView1.Sort(newColumn, direction)
    If direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending Then
        newColumn.HeaderCell.SortGlyphDirection = SortOrder.Ascending
    Else
        newColumn.HeaderCell.SortGlyphDirection = SortOrder.Descending
    End If 

End Sub 

Private Sub dataGridView1_DataBindingComplete(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DataGridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs) _
    Handles dataGridView1.DataBindingComplete

    ' Put each of the columns into programmatic sort mode. 
    For Each column As DataGridViewColumn In dataGridView1.Columns
        column.SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.Programmatic
    Next 
End Sub

System.Object
  System.EventArgs
    System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs
      System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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

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
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