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RepositoryItem.MouseDown Event

Fires when a mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over the editor.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event MouseEventHandler MouseDown

#Event Data

The MouseDown event's data class is MouseEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property Description
Button Gets which mouse button was pressed.
Clicks Gets the number of times the mouse button was pressed and released.
Delta Gets a signed count of the number of detents the mouse wheel has rotated, multiplied by the WHEEL_DELTA constant. A detent is one notch of the mouse wheel.
Location Gets the location of the mouse during the generating mouse event.
X Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse during the generating mouse event.
Y Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse during the generating mouse event.

#Remarks

Mouse events are raised in the following order:

  1. RepositoryItem.MouseEnter
  2. RepositoryItem.MouseMove
  3. RepositoryItem.MouseHover / RepositoryItem.MouseWheel
  4. MouseDown
  5. RepositoryItem.MouseUp
  6. RepositoryItem.MouseLeave
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