Re: Simulating a Right Click

Have a quick look at the Button Base class it might save you digging
through the API


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.primitive=
s.
buttonbase.aspx



John Warner




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> Bhatnagar, Amit
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Simulating a Right Click
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> I like the "clicking on a button that stays down to put it in=20
> the alternative mode, then clicking as normal" suggestion as=20
> it would be the easiest for the users to adopt. But how would=20
> you implement this? After putting the application in "right=20
> click mode", would I intercept the WM message in my WndProc override?=20
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> Chris Anderson
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Simulating a Right Click
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> On touch screens, a normal right-click is often performed by=20
> simply pressing and holding the stylus/finger on the screen.=20
> After a second or so, the right-click will fire.
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> However on a touch screen, few users know the above (and some=20
> screens don't even support it), so it makes sense to change=20
> the method of input completely (perhaps by clicking on a=20
> button that stays down to put it in the alternative mode,=20
> then clicking as normal)
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> > I have a touch screen application where there is a need to perform a
> > right click to expose context menus etc. The app's main point of=20
> > interaction is a "toolbar" of buttons at the bottom of the screen=20
> > (think Mac OSX dock, or Gnome/KDE panel, etc), so I imagine=20
> sticking a
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> > Right Click button down there.
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> > But how would this work? I imaging sending a WM_ message for right
> > click, but if the user moves the cursor to the target of the right=20
> > click, and then has to press a button on the toolbar, the=20
> cursor is no
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> > longer on the target and thus the right click message would=20
> happen on
> > the Right Click button on the toolbar. Essentially what I=20
> am saying is
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> > that the cursor would move off the target object down to the toolbar
> > button when the right click message would be sent.
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> > How can I have a button that I can press to perform a right click
> > without having the cursor move away from the target object?
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