Syntax
| Visual Basic (Declaration) |   | 
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<SRCategoryAttribute("Mouse")>
<SRDescriptionAttribute("Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the component and a mouse button is pressed.")>
Public Event MouseDown As MouseEventHandler | 
 
| C# |   | 
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[SRCategoryAttribute("Mouse")]
[SRDescriptionAttribute("Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the component and a mouse button is pressed.")]
public event MouseEventHandler MouseDown | 
 
 
            
Event Data
The event handler receives an argument of type MouseEventArgs containing data related to this event. The following MouseEventArgs properties provide information specific to this event.
| Property | Description | 
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| 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. 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. | 
 
            
            
            
            
            
            
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family
 
            
            
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