Selecting an item in a listbox control

Muammar

Hi, I'm trying to select an item in a listbox control by right clicking on it, can you please tell me what's wrong with what I'm doing??

private void listbox1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
listbox1.SelectedItem = listbox1.GetChildAtPoint(listbox1.PointToClient(e.Location));
}

Thank you guys!

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Hessam Jalali

Hi I suggest to use MouseDown or MouseUp events instead of Click because they give you the mouse button and position all together and you can find the index of pointed item by using IndexFromPoint method of listBox instance here is the code I tested to see how it can be done

    void listBox1\_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Right) return;

        int index=this.listBox1.IndexFromPoint(e.Location);

        if (index == -1) return;

        object selectedObj = this.listBox1.Items\[index\];

        // if you want to select that in the list

        this.listBox1.SelectedIndex = index;

        MessageBox.Show(selectedObj.ToString());//just for test
    }

good luck :)

Muammar

GREATE:-D

listbox1.SelectedIndex = listbox1.IndexFromPoint(e.Location);

Wish I can give you 6:cool: Thanks a million Hessam!

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