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Control::OnClick Method (EventArgs^)

 

Raises the Click event.

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

protected:
virtual void OnClick(
	EventArgs^ e
)

Parameters

e
Type: System::EventArgs^

An EventArgs that contains the event data.

Raising an event invokes the event handler through a delegate. For more information, see Handling and Raising Events.

The OnClick method also allows derived classes to handle the event without attaching a delegate. This is the preferred technique for handling the event in a derived class.

Notes to Inheritors:

When overriding OnClick in a derived class, be sure to call the base class's OnClick method so that registered delegates receive the event.

The following code example demonstrates overriding the OnClick method in a derived class. To run the example, paste the following code after a form class, in the same file. Add a textbox of type SingleClickTextBox to the form.

// This is a custom TextBox control that overrides the OnClick method
// to allow one-click selection of the text in the text box.
public ref class SingleClickTextBox: public TextBox
{
protected:
   virtual void OnClick( EventArgs^ e ) override
   {
      this->SelectAll();
      TextBox::OnClick( e );
   }
};

The following code example shows one of the many uses of the Click event and event handler.

   // This example uses the Parent property and the Find method of Control to set
   // properties on the parent control of a Button and its Form. The example assumes
   // that a Button control named button1 is located within a GroupBox control. The 
   // example also assumes that the Click event of the Button control is connected to
   // the event handler method defined in the example.
private:
   void button1_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
   {
      // Get the control the Button control is located in. In this case a GroupBox.
      Control^ control = button1->Parent;

      // Set the text and backcolor of the parent control.
      control->Text = "My Groupbox";
      control->BackColor = Color::Blue;

      // Get the form that the Button control is contained within.
      Form^ myForm = button1->FindForm();

      // Set the text and color of the form containing the Button.
      myForm->Text = "The Form of My Control";
      myForm->BackColor = Color::Red;
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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