Mouse left click, right click, middle click, hover

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

public class frmMouseButtons : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblLeftClick;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblRightClick;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblMiddleClick;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblHover;
    public frmMouseButtons() {
        this.lblLeftClick = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.lblRightClick = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.lblMiddleClick = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.lblHover = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.SuspendLayout();

        this.lblLeftClick.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);

        this.lblRightClick.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 32);
        this.lblRightClick.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 32);

        this.lblMiddleClick.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 72);

        this.lblHover.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 104);
        this.lblHover.MouseEnter += new System.EventHandler(this.lblHover_MouseEnter);
        this.lblHover.MouseHover += new System.EventHandler(this.lblHover_MouseHover);
        this.lblHover.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.lblHover_MouseLeave);

        this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(184, 198);
        this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                      this.lblHover,
                                      this.lblMiddleClick,
                                      this.lblRightClick,
                                      this.lblLeftClick});
        this.MaximizeBox = false;
        this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
    protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e) {
        switch (e.Button) {
            case (MouseButtons.Left):
                lblLeftClick.Text = "Left Click";
                break;
            case (MouseButtons.Middle):
                lblLeftClick.Text = "Middle Click";
                break;
            case (MouseButtons.Right):
                lblLeftClick.Text = "Right Click";
                break;
            case (MouseButtons.XButton1):
                lblLeftClick.Text = "XButton1 Click";
                break;
            case (MouseButtons.XButton2):
                lblLeftClick.Text = "XButton2 Click";
                break;
        }
        switch (e.Clicks) {
            case 1:
                lblMiddleClick.Text = "Single Click";
                break;
            case 2:
                lblMiddleClick.Text = "Double Click!";
                break;
            default:
                lblMiddleClick.Text = "Many clicks!";
                break;
        }
    }

    protected override void OnMouseWheel(MouseEventArgs e) {
        switch (e.Delta) {
            case -360:
                lblRightClick.Text = "One Rotation Reverse";
                break;
            case -720:
                lblRightClick.Text = "Two Rotations Reverse";
                break;
            case 360:
                lblRightClick.Text = "One Rotation Forward";
                break;
            case 720:
                lblRightClick.Text = "Two Rotations Forward";
                break;
            default:
                lblRightClick.Text = "Rotation wasn't full turn of wheel";
                break;
        }
    }


    protected void lblHover_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        lblRightClick.Text = "One Rotation Forward";
        lblHover.Text = "Entering label";
        Cursor = Cursors.NoMove2D;
    }

    protected void lblHover_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        lblHover.Text = "Hovering over label";
        Cursor = Cursors.Hand;
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("hover");
    }

    protected void lblHover_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        lblHover.Text = "Leaving label";
        Cursor = Cursors.Default;
    }
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.Run(new frmMouseButtons());
    }
}

    


Which mouse button was clicked?

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using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

public class MainWindow : Form {
    public MainWindow() {
        Height = 300;
        Width = 500;
        this.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(MainForm_MouseMove);
        this.MouseUp += new MouseEventHandler(MainForm_MouseUp);
        this.KeyUp += new KeyEventHandler(MainForm_KeyUp);
    }
    protected void MainForm_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
        this.Text = string.Format("Current Pos: ({0}, {1})", e.X, e.Y);
    }

    protected void MainForm_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {

        if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
            MessageBox.Show("Left click!");
        if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
            MessageBox.Show("Right click!");
        if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Middle)
            MessageBox.Show("Middle click!");
    }

    protected void MainForm_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e) {
        MessageBox.Show(e.KeyCode.ToString(), "Key Pressed!");
    }
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        Application.Run(new MainWindow());
    }
}

    


Register Form window message filter

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  using System;
  using System.Windows.Forms;
  using Microsoft.Win32;

  public class MyMessageFilter : IMessageFilter 
  {
    public bool PreFilterMessage(ref Message m) 
    {
      // Intercept the left mouse button down message.
      if (m.Msg == 513) 
      {
        Console.WriteLine("WM_LBUTTONDOWN is: " + m.Msg);
        return true;
      }
      return false;
    }
  }

  public class mainForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    private MyMessageFilter msgFliter = new MyMessageFilter();

    public mainForm()
    {
      GetStats();
      Application.ApplicationExit += new EventHandler(Form_OnExit);
      Application.AddMessageFilter(msgFliter);    
    }

    [STAThread]
    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new mainForm());
    }

    private void GetStats()
    {
      Console.WriteLine(Application.CompanyName+ "  Company:");
      Console.WriteLine(Application.ProductName+ " App Name:");
      Console.WriteLine(Application.StartupPath);
    }

    // Event handlers.
    private void Form_OnExit(object sender, EventArgs evArgs) 
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Exit", "This app is dead...");
      Application.RemoveMessageFilter(msgFliter);
    }
  }


           
          


Cast event sender to a control

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
   
class InstantiateHelloWorld
{
     public static void Main()
     {
          Form form   = new Form();
          form.Text   = "Instantiate " + form.Text;
          form.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(MyPaintHandler);
   
          Application.Run(form);
     }
     static void MyPaintHandler(object objSender, PaintEventArgs pea)
     {
          Form     form = (Form)objSender;
          Graphics graphics = pea.Graphics;
   
          graphics.DrawString("Hello from InstantiateHelloWorld!", 
                          form.Font, Brushes.Black, 0, 100);
     }
}

    


Keyboard Sample

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/*
Professional Windows GUI Programming Using C#
by Jay Glynn, Csaba Torok, Richard Conway, Wahid Choudhury, 
   Zach Greenvoss, Shripad Kulkarni, Neil Whitlow

Publisher: Peer Information
ISBN: 1861007663
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;

namespace KeyboardSample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for KeyboardSample.
    /// </summary>
    public class KeyboardSample : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
      private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
      private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
      private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
      private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
      private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox2;
      private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

        public KeyboardSample()
        {
            //
            // Required for Windows Form Designer support
            //
            InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if (components != null) 
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
         this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
         this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
         this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
         this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
         this.groupBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
         this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
         this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
         this.groupBox2.SuspendLayout();
         this.SuspendLayout();
         // 
         // textBox1
         // 
         this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
         this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
         this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
         this.textBox1.TabIndex = 5;
         this.textBox1.Text = "";
         this.textBox1.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox1_KeyDown);
         // 
         // textBox2
         // 
         this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
         this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
         this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
         this.textBox2.TabIndex = 6;
         this.textBox2.Text = "";
         this.textBox2.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox2_KeyDown);
         // 
         // groupBox1
         // 
         this.groupBox1.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                                this.label1,
                                                                                this.textBox1});
         this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
         this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
         this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 7;
         this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
         this.groupBox1.Text = "Key Monitor";
         // 
         // label1
         // 
         this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
         this.label1.Name = "label1";
         this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
         this.label1.TabIndex = 6;
         // 
         // groupBox2
         // 
         this.groupBox2.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                                this.textBox2,
                                                                                this.label2});
         this.groupBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 120);
         this.groupBox2.Name = "groupBox2";
         this.groupBox2.TabIndex = 8;
         this.groupBox2.TabStop = false;
         this.groupBox2.Text = "Keys Enumeration";
         // 
         // label2
         // 
         this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
         this.label2.Name = "label2";
         this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
         this.label2.TabIndex = 9;
         // 
         // KeyboardSample
         // 
         this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
         this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(216, 229);
         this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                      this.groupBox2,
                                                                      this.groupBox1});
         this.Name = "KeyboardSample";
         this.Text = "KeyboardSample";
         this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
         this.groupBox2.ResumeLayout(false);
         this.ResumeLayout(false);

      }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new KeyboardSample());
        }

      private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
      {
         label1.Text = Convert.ToString(e.KeyValue);
      }

      private void textBox2_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
      {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         if(e.Shift) sb.Append("Shift, ");
         if(e.Alt) sb.Append("Alt, ");
         if(e.Control) sb.Append("Ctrl, ");
                    
         if(e.KeyCode==Keys.W||e.KeyCode==Keys.R||e.KeyCode==Keys.O||e.KeyCode==Keys.X)
         {
            sb.Append("Wrox Press!!");
         }
         else if(e.KeyCode==Keys.Escape&amp;&amp;e.Modifiers==(Keys.Shift|Keys.Alt))
         {
            sb.Append("Escape - that won&#039;t work!");
         }
         else if(e.KeyCode == Keys.C &amp;&amp; e.Modifiers==(Keys.Alt | Keys.Control))
         {
            sb.Append("CopyRight");
            textBox2.SelectedText = "CopyRight";
            textBox2.SelectionLength = 0;
         }
         else 
         {
            sb.Append(Convert.ToString(e.KeyData));
         }
         label2.Text = sb.ToString();
      }
    }
}


           
          


Key Timer

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/*
Professional Windows GUI Programming Using C#
by Jay Glynn, Csaba Torok, Richard Conway, Wahid Choudhury, 
   Zach Greenvoss, Shripad Kulkarni, Neil Whitlow

Publisher: Peer Information
ISBN: 1861007663
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Wrox.ProgrammingWindowsGUI.Chapter5
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for Form1.
    /// </summary>
    public class KeyTimer : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
        private uint start = 0;
        private uint stop = 0;

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
        public static extern uint GetTickCount();

        public KeyTimer()
        {
            //
            // Required for Windows Form Designer support
            //
            //InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if (components != null) 
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 142);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";

        }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new KeyTimer());
            
        }

        protected override void OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs args)
        {
            start = GetTickCount();
        }

        protected override void OnKeyUp(KeyEventArgs args)
        {
            stop = GetTickCount();
            uint elapsed = (stop - start);
            MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToString(args.KeyData)+", time elapsed: "+Convert.ToString(elapsed)+" msecs");
        }
    }
}


           
          


Key Press

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/*
GDI+ Programming in C# and VB .NET
by Nick Symmonds

Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 159059035X
*/


using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace KeyPress
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for KeyPress.
    /// </summary>
    public class KeyPress : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

        public KeyPress()
        {
            //
            // Required for Windows Form Designer support
            //
            InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if (components != null) 
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
      this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // button1
      // 
      this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(184, 104);
      this.button1.Name = "button1";
      this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 48);
      this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
      this.button1.Text = "button1";
      // 
      // button2
      // 
      this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(176, 192);
      this.button2.Name = "button2";
      this.button2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 32);
      this.button2.TabIndex = 1;
      this.button2.Text = "button2";
      // 
      // KeyPress
      // 
      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
      this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                  this.button2,
                                                                  this.button1});
      this.Name = "KeyPress";
      this.Text = "KeyPress";
      this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.KeyPress_Load);
      this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new KeyPress());
        }

    private void KeyPress_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      this.KeyPreview=true;
    }

    protected override void OnKeyPress(KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
      MessageBox.Show("Key Pressed = " + e.KeyChar.ToString());
    }
    }
}