button double click

[slybitz]

ok this really seems like a simple problem but i cannot figure it out for the life of me. when i add a button to my form i want to be able to double click that button and have it perform an action. but for some reason i can not enter into the doubleclick handle when i double click on the button. for example when i double click on the button i would expect the below code to work but it does not. any ideas?

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Private Sub btnWTF_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnWTF.DoubleClick

MsgBox("hello world")

End Sub
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[RiverGuy]

Why don't you just use the Click event? Buttons are made for single clicks. That's how Windows works. If you really want a double-click event, you can use a label.

 

[andrea96]

According to help for the Button.DoubleClick event:

By default, the ControlStyles.StandardClick and ControlStyles.StandardDoubleClick style bits are set to false for the Button control, and the DoubleClick event is not raised.

 

[slybitz]

perfect thanks. i just found out you cannot "put code in both the Click and the DoubleClick event". darn! I'll have to create another button.

http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0607101

 

[RiverGuy]

From your other thread:

when i click once on the button it will remove the selected item from the listbox. when i double click i want to remove all items from the listbox.

I would consider using separate buttons for remove selected/remove all, or just allowing the user to multi-select in the list box.

 

[slybitz]

i just added a clear all button. thanks.

 

[Sorwen]

i just added a clear all button.

To keep this in one thread. That is the best way to do it. Also your delete should be a button as well. You are likely to run into unwanted deletes if you delete on click.

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