SystemInformation.MouseHoverTime Property

public:
 static property int MouseHoverTime { int get(); };

public static int MouseHoverTime { get; }

static member MouseHoverTime : int

Public Shared ReadOnly Property MouseHoverTime As Integer

Property Value

The time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay in the hover rectangle before a mouse hover message is generated.

Examples

The following code example lists all properties of the SystemInformation class in a ListBox and displays the current value of the property in a TextBox when a list item selected.

#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>
#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
public ref class SystemInfoBrowserForm: public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
private:
 System::Windows::Forms::ListBox^ listBox1;
 System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^ textBox1;

public:
 SystemInfoBrowserForm()
 {
 this->SuspendLayout();
 InitForm();
 
 // Add each property of the SystemInformation class to the list box.
 Type^ t = System::Windows::Forms::SystemInformation::typeid;
 array<PropertyInfo^>^pi = t->GetProperties();
 for ( int i = 0; i < pi->Length; i++ )
 listBox1->Items->Add( pi[ i ]->Name );
 textBox1->Text = String::Format( "The SystemInformation class has {0} properties.\r\n", pi->Length );
 
 // Configure the list item selected handler for the list box to invoke a 
 // method that displays the value of each property.
 listBox1->SelectedIndexChanged += gcnew EventHandler( this, &SystemInfoBrowserForm::listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged );
 this->ResumeLayout( false );
 }


private:
 void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
 {
 
 // Return if no list item is selected.
 if ( listBox1->SelectedIndex == -1 )
 return;

 
 // Get the property name from the list item.
 String^ propname = listBox1->Text;
 if ( propname->Equals( "PowerStatus" ) )
 {
 
 // Cycle and display the values of each property of the PowerStatus property.
 textBox1->Text = String::Concat( textBox1->Text, "\r\nThe value of the PowerStatus property is:" );
 Type^ t = System::Windows::Forms::PowerStatus::typeid;
 array<PropertyInfo^>^pi = t->GetProperties();
 for ( int i = 0; i < pi->Length; i++ )
 {
 Object^ propval = pi[ i ]->GetValue( SystemInformation::PowerStatus, nullptr );
 textBox1->Text = String::Format( "{0}\r\n PowerStatus.{1} is: {2}", textBox1->Text, pi[ i ]->Name, propval );

 }
 }
 else
 {
 
 // Display the value of the selected property of the SystemInformation type.
 Type^ t = System::Windows::Forms::SystemInformation::typeid;
 array<PropertyInfo^>^pi = t->GetProperties();
 PropertyInfo^ prop = nullptr;
 for ( int i = 0; i < pi->Length; i++ )
 if ( pi[ i ]->Name == propname )
 {
 prop = pi[ i ];
 break;
 }
 Object^ propval = prop->GetValue( nullptr, nullptr );
 textBox1->Text = String::Format( "{0}\r\nThe value of the {1} property is: {2}", textBox1->Text, propname, propval );
 }
 }

 void InitForm()
 {
 
 // Initialize the form settings
 this->listBox1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ListBox;
 this->textBox1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox;
 this->listBox1->Anchor = (System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles)(System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Top | System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Bottom | System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Left | System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Right);
 this->listBox1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 8, 16 );
 this->listBox1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 172, 496 );
 this->listBox1->TabIndex = 0;
 this->textBox1->Anchor = (System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles)(System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Top | System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Bottom | System::Windows::Forms::AnchorStyles::Right);
 this->textBox1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 188, 16 );
 this->textBox1->Multiline = true;
 this->textBox1->ScrollBars = System::Windows::Forms::ScrollBars::Vertical;
 this->textBox1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 420, 496 );
 this->textBox1->TabIndex = 1;
 this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size( 616, 525 );
 this->Controls->Add( this->textBox1 );
 this->Controls->Add( this->listBox1 );
 this->Text = "Select a SystemInformation property to get the value of";
 }

};


[STAThread]
int main()
{
 Application::Run( gcnew SystemInfoBrowserForm );
}

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

namespace SystemInfoBrowser
{
 public class SystemInfoBrowserForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
 {
 private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox listBox1;
 private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1; 
 
 public SystemInfoBrowserForm()
 {
 this.SuspendLayout();
 InitForm();
 
 // Add each property of the SystemInformation class to the list box.
 Type t = typeof(System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation); 
 PropertyInfo[] pi = t.GetProperties(); 
 for( int i=0; i<pi.Length; i++ )
 listBox1.Items.Add( pi[i].Name ); 
 textBox1.Text = "The SystemInformation class has "+pi.Length.ToString()+" properties.\r\n";

 // Configure the list item selected handler for the list box to invoke a 
 // method that displays the value of each property.
 listBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);
 this.ResumeLayout(false);
 }
 
 private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 // Return if no list item is selected.
 if( listBox1.SelectedIndex == -1 ) return;
 // Get the property name from the list item.
 string propname = listBox1.Text;
 
 if( propname == "PowerStatus" )
 {
 // Cycle and display the values of each property of the PowerStatus property.
 textBox1.Text += "\r\nThe value of the PowerStatus property is:"; 
 Type t = typeof(System.Windows.Forms.PowerStatus);
 PropertyInfo[] pi = t.GetProperties(); 
 for( int i=0; i<pi.Length; i++ )
 {
 object propval = pi[i].GetValue(SystemInformation.PowerStatus, null); 
 textBox1.Text += "\r\n PowerStatus."+pi[i].Name+" is: "+propval.ToString();
 }
 }
 else
 {
 // Display the value of the selected property of the SystemInformation type.
 Type t = typeof(System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation);
 PropertyInfo[] pi = t.GetProperties(); 
 PropertyInfo prop = null;
 for( int i=0; i<pi.Length; i++ )
 if( pi[i].Name == propname )
 {
 prop = pi[i];
 break; 
 }
 object propval = prop.GetValue(null, null); 
 textBox1.Text += "\r\nThe value of the "+propname+" property is: "+propval.ToString();
 }
 }

 private void InitForm()
 {
 // Initialize the form settings
 this.listBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
 this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); 
 this.listBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
 | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
 this.listBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 16);
 this.listBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(172, 496);
 this.listBox1.TabIndex = 0; 
 this.textBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
 | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
 this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(188, 16);
 this.textBox1.Multiline = true;
 this.textBox1.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical; 
 this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(420, 496);
 this.textBox1.TabIndex = 1; 
 this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(616, 525); 
 this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
 this.Controls.Add(this.listBox1); 
 this.Text = "Select a SystemInformation property to get the value of"; 
 }

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

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class SystemInfoBrowserForm
 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
 Private listBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
 Private textBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox 
 
 Public Sub New()
 Me.SuspendLayout()
 InitForm()
 
 ' Add each property of the SystemInformation class to the list box.
 Dim t As Type = GetType(System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation)
 Dim pi As PropertyInfo() = t.GetProperties()
 Dim i As Integer
 For i = 0 To pi.Length - 1
 listBox1.Items.Add(pi(i).Name)
 Next i
 textBox1.Text = "The SystemInformation class has " + pi.Length.ToString() + " properties." + ControlChars.CrLf
 
 ' Configure the list item selected handler for the list box to invoke a 
 ' method that displays the value of each property.
 AddHandler listBox1.SelectedIndexChanged, AddressOf listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged
 
 Me.ResumeLayout(False)
 End Sub 
 
 Private Sub listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
 ' Return if no list item is selected.
 If listBox1.SelectedIndex = - 1 Then
 Return
 End If 
 ' Get the property name from the list item.
 Dim propname As String = listBox1.Text
 
 If propname = "PowerStatus" Then
 ' Cycle and display the values of each property of the PowerStatus property.
 textBox1.Text += ControlChars.CrLf + "The value of the PowerStatus property is:"
 Dim t As Type = GetType(System.Windows.Forms.PowerStatus)
 Dim pi As PropertyInfo() = t.GetProperties()
 Dim i As Integer
 For i = 0 To pi.Length - 1
 Dim propval As Object = pi(i).GetValue(SystemInformation.PowerStatus, Nothing)
 textBox1.Text += ControlChars.CrLf + " PowerStatus." + pi(i).Name + " is: " + propval.ToString()
 Next i
 Else
 ' Display the value of the selected property of the SystemInformation type.
 Dim t As Type = GetType(System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation)
 Dim pi As PropertyInfo() = t.GetProperties()
 Dim prop As PropertyInfo = Nothing
 Dim i As Integer
 For i = 0 To pi.Length - 1
 If pi(i).Name = propname Then
 prop = pi(i)
 Exit For
 End If
 Next i
 Dim propval As Object = prop.GetValue(Nothing, Nothing)
 textBox1.Text += ControlChars.CrLf + "The value of the " + propname + " property is: " + propval.ToString()
 End If
 End Sub 
 
 Private Sub InitForm()
 ' Initialize the form settings
 Me.listBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox()
 Me.textBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
 Me.listBox1.Anchor = CType(System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right, System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
 Me.listBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 16)
 Me.listBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(172, 496)
 Me.listBox1.TabIndex = 0
 Me.textBox1.Anchor = CType(System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right, System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
 Me.textBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(188, 16)
 Me.textBox1.Multiline = True
 Me.textBox1.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical
 Me.textBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(420, 496)
 Me.textBox1.TabIndex = 1
 Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(616, 525)
 Me.Controls.Add(Me.textBox1)
 Me.Controls.Add(Me.listBox1)
 Me.Text = "Select a SystemInformation property to get the value of"
 End Sub
 
 <STAThread()> _
 Shared Sub Main()
 Application.Run(New SystemInfoBrowserForm())
 End Sub

End Class

Remarks

The MouseHoverTime property indicates the amount of time, in milliseconds, that a mouse pointer must remain within an area the size of the MouseHoverSize property in order to generate a mouse hover message.

The MouseHoverSize property indicates the size of the rectangle within which the mouse pointer has to stay for the mouse hover time before a mouse hover message is generated.

See also

• MouseHoverSize
• SystemParameter