Draw lines on a PictureBox

Question

My question is related to Stack Overflow question Draw lines on a picturebox using mouse clicks in C#, but when the mouse button is up, the drawn line disappears. H

Answer 1

Here is a small complete program that does draw lines based on points (in this case, it follows the mouse). I think you can rework that into what you need.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }


    // Variable that will hold the point from which to draw the next line
    Point latestPoint;


    private void GainBox_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.Button & MouseButtons.Left) == MouseButtons.Left)
        {
            // Remember the location where the button was pressed
            latestPoint = e.Location;
        }
    }

    private void GainBox_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if ((e.Button & MouseButtons.Left) == MouseButtons.Left)
        {
            using (Graphics g = GainBox.CreateGraphics())
            {
                // Draw next line and...
                g.DrawLine(Pens.Red, latestPoint, e.Location);

                // ... Remember the location
                latestPoint = e.Location;
            }
        }
    }
}

One problem in your solution is that you are drawing on a temporary bitmap, but the image in that bitmap is never transferred to your PictureBox. In the solution presented here, there isn't any extra bitmap needed.