Ignoring mouse event from contained controls

[ronchese]

Hello!

I have a UserControl that have two other controls inside it. I need to set a
different border color for my UserControl when the mouse enters it, and
restore the border color when the mouse leaves it.

The problem is, when the mouse passes in a contained control, the
UserControl raises a MouseLeave and the border is restored back, although
the mouse, for the customer, is yet inside the UserControl.

It's possible I do the UserControl ignores all mouse events for his
contained controls? Or there is another approach?

Cesar

 

[Jason]

Add the child control to your handles as well.

For instance if you have a panel named Panel1 with a label named Label1
contained in it you can use:
Private Sub Panel1_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseEnter, _



Label1.MouseEnter

Panel1.BackColor = Color.Black

End Sub


Then do the same thing for the mouseleave event

 

[ronchese]

Yeah, I did that already.

But that makes me paint the control everytime a contained control get the
focus, once the control is already painted with that status, because the
mouse is already inside it.

I was trying to get a way to ensure that border is painted just one time per
MouseEnter and just one time per MouseLeave. It can be performatic when
eventually I start painting hard drawings on there.

But thanks anyways, for the response.

Cesar

 

[Jason]

What kind of controls are they? Can you set the enabled property of the
child controls to False? If so, this should keep it from triggering event.

 

[ronchese]

I use some labels. On disabling it, is turning the texts disabled, too.