Windows Forms touch down event

Question

I\'m creating a Windows Forms application that has a couple of clickable panels that require the touchscreen equivalent of the mouse down and up event.

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Answer 1

Just doing a little reading, I think you need to override the WndProc and look for WM_TOUCH events.

Have a look at the Windows 7 Multitouch .NET Interop Sample Library which has examples on handling touch and gestures in winforms.

Answer 2

You have to override the WndProc, capture the messages and launch your MouseDown and MouseUp events manually

public const int WM_POINTERDOWN = 0x246;
public const int WM_POINTERUP = 0x247;

[PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
    base.WndProc(m);
    switch (m.Msg)
    {
        case WM_POINTERDOWN:
            {
                MouseEventArgs args = new MouseEventArgs(MouseButtons.Left, 1, this.MousePosition.X, this.MousePosition.Y, 0);
                MouseDown(this, args);                    
                break;
            }

        case WM_POINTERUP:
            {
                MouseEventArgs args = new MouseEventArgs(MouseButtons.Left, 1, this.MousePosition.X, this.MousePosition.Y, 0);
                MouseUp(this, args);
                break;
            }
    }
}

Answer 3

I'm not completely sure about this but, have you tried using a tap event to capture the touch, rather than the click event?