MouseDown

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MouseDown

MouseDown(Button, ShiftState, MouseX, MouseY)

Occurs when any mouse button is pressed on a Screen. Use the MouseDown event to determine specific actions when a user clicks a Screen. The parameters of this event are described on the next table.

Available parameters on the MouseDown event

Name

Description

Button

Shows the mouse button pressed:

1: The mouse button pressed is the left one

2: The mouse button pressed is the right one

4: The mouse button pressed is the middle one

ShiftState

Shows the key pressed along with the mouse button:

4: SHIFT key

8: CTRL key

12: CTRL + SHIFT keys

MouseX

Shows the X coordinate where the mouse button was clicked on a Screen

MouseY

Shows the Y coordinate where the mouse button was clicked on a Screen

 

Example:

Sub InitialScreen_MouseDown(Button, ShiftState, MouseX, MouseY)
  'Shows a message box with
  'the mouse pointer coordinates
  MsgBox "X Coordinate: " & MouseX & _
    vbNewLine & "Y Coordinate: " & MouseY
End Sub

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