MouseEventArgs.Location Property

public:
 property System::Drawing::Point Location { System::Drawing::Point get(); };

public System.Drawing.Point Location { get; }

member this.Location : System.Drawing.Point

Public ReadOnly Property Location As Point

Property Value

A Point that contains the x- and y- mouse coordinates, in pixels, relative to the upper-left corner of the control.

Examples

The following code example uses the Location property to track left mouse clicks and draw a series of straight line segments in response to user input. The example does not persist the drawn lines if you hide the form and then redisplay it; this code was omitted for simplicity.

Point firstPoint;
Boolean haveFirstPoint;

public void EnableDrawing()
{
 this.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(Form1_MouseDownDrawing);
}

void Form1_MouseDownDrawing(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
 if (haveFirstPoint)
 {
 Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics();
 g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, firstPoint, e.Location);
 haveFirstPoint = false;
 }
 else
 {
 firstPoint = e.Location;
 haveFirstPoint = true;
 }
}

Dim FirstPoint As Point
Dim HaveFirstPoint As Boolean = False

Private Sub Form1_MouseDownDrawing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseDown
 If HaveFirstPoint Then
 Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
 g.DrawLine(Pens.Black, FirstPoint, e.Location)
 HaveFirstPoint = False
 Else
 FirstPoint = e.Location
 HaveFirstPoint = True
 End If
End Sub

See also

• Button
• Y
• X
• Windows Forms Coordinates
• Mouse Events in Windows Forms