close windows form when users click outside

Question

anybody have an idea how to write a code if the user clicks outside windows form, the form will automatically close? I.e., I had two forms, when i show form2 and then i click outside of it, form 2 will closed.

Answer 1

Does this help? Try the first two solutions, one of which should work for you.

Winforms: Close modal dialog when clicking outside the dialog

Answer 2

You can simply utilize the LostFocus built-in event of the Form like this

Private Sub Form1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
        Handles Me.LostFocus

    Me.Close()
End Sub