Left click works right does not

electriac

I do not understand why the right button does not work??

namespace mouseclick
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
listBox1.MouseClick += new MouseEventHandler(listBox1_MouseClick);
listBox1.Items.Add("aaaaaaaaaaaa");
listBox1.Items.Add("aaaaaaaaaaaa");
listBox1.Items.Add("aaaaaaaaaaaa");
}

    void listBox1\_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Left Button"); // Works
        }
        if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Right Button"); // Does not work  
        }
    }  
}

}

Lost User

Are you right-clicking on an item, or the listbox?

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

electriac

Clicking on an item. Left clicking item works. Right clicking item does not.

electriac

Tried same code on both Vis2008 and Vis2010 Express with the same result.

Lost User

The ListBox does not return a right click event; see the table on this MSDN page[^].

Use the best guess

electriac

Thanks I guess I will have to write a custom listBox from scratch.

electriac

I see from your posted link that a listView does have a right.mouse.button.click. I guess that's my best solution.

Lost User

Quite possibly; it all depends on what you are trying to do.

Use the best guess

Bernhard Hiller

Perhaps the MouseDown and MouseUp events could help.

raeeschaudhary

better use else if in second condition if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) { MessageBox.Show("Left Button"); } else if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right) { MessageBox.Show("Right Button"); }