Getting a button click without knowing the button

I have 22 buttons, and i want all of them to run the same method, which will:
1.Get the name of the button that was hit.
2.Perform a task based on which button was hit.(probably a switch statement). Is there and easier/ faster way to set the click methods without setting all 22 buttons?

is there at least a way to find the button that was clicked?

namespace WindowsApplication2
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public void addHandlers()
        {
            button2.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
            button3.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            MessageBox.Show("You Clicked " + ((Button)(sender)).Text);

            string ButtonText = ((Button)(sender)).Text;

            switch (ButtonText)
            {

                case "button1":
                    //Do Somthing

                case "button2":
                    //Do Somthing

                default:
                    //Do Somthing
            }

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            addHandlers();
        }
    }
}

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Kirtan Patel17y ago
Accepted answer

namespace WindowsApplication2
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public void addHandlers()
        {
            button2.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
            button3.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            MessageBox.Show("You Clicked " + ((Button)(sender)).Text);

            string ButtonText = ((Button)(sender)).Text;

            switch (ButtonText)
            {

                case "button1":
                    //Do Somthing

                case "button2":
                    //Do Somthing

                default:
                    //Do Somthing
            }

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            addHandlers();
        }
    }
}
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patrick17y ago
That's perfect, thank you!
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