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ContextMenuStrip "Popup" Event

Jon Foster

19y6.6k

Hi all,

I am trying to capture the mouse position when a user right-clicks to open a right-click menu.(Eventually i would like the menu items to vary depending what exactly has been clicked on). I have read that there should be a "popup" event which one can use, but i cannot find it! Does anyone know whether or not this is true, or can suggest another way to get the mouse position at this time?

Thanks,

Jon.

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Jon Foster19y ago
Ah, thanks - will try that...

I already have an OnMouseClick override to handle the left click. It appears that the default context menu functionality as implemented by visual studio takes some kind of precedence as a test "if button clicked = left" type test within this OnMouseClick override was never run.

Thanks again,

Jon.
Alan19y ago
I'd just handle the control's MouseUp event and check that e.Button == MouseButtons.Right.

If it does then you can get the mouse position and display the ContextMenuStrip for that control.