C# MouseEnter-Event for the whole window

Question

Is it possible to create a MouseEnter-Event also for the border of the window? I mean also for the minimize and maximize-buttons. Because if I set the Event for my Form1, it works only when i'm inside the Form, but not on the border and the Buttons.

Here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3312752/capturing-mouse-keyboard-events-outside-of-form-app-running-in-background may be help you. — OammieR, Apr 11 '12 at 09:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '12 at 09:19

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You can override WndProc in you form and you can detect mousemove

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            base.WndProc(ref m);
            // mouse in window or in Border and max, close & min buttons     
            if (m.Msg == 0xa0 || m.Msg == 0x200)
            {
                //Do some thing
            }
        }

answered Apr 11 '12 at 09:19

Amen Ayach

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Note: my code detect mouse move so if you want just mouse enter you can make a global variable(bool) and play around it to avoid multiple calls – Amen Ayach Apr 11 '12 at 09:23
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That's great it open a big range of options – HndlCode Apr 12 '12 at 19:31
@HndlCode,Yeah any event on winforms could be traced by overriding WndProc – Amen Ayach Apr 13 '12 at 06:35

C# MouseEnter-Event for the whole window

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