---
title: "How to: Detect When the Mouse Pointer Is Over a ToolStripItem"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "toolbars [Windows Forms], detecting mouse movement"
  - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms], detecting mouse movement"
  - "ToolStripItem class [Windows Forms], detecting mouse movement"
  - "mouse [Windows Forms], detecting movement on toolbars"
ms.assetid: d38b5082-aba7-4f6c-841b-bd9714e307fd
---
# How to: Detect When the Mouse Pointer Is Over a ToolStripItem
Use the following procedure to detect when the mouse pointer is over a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem>.  
  
### To detect when the pointer is over a ToolStripItem  
  
- Use the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.Selected%2A> property for items in which <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.CanSelect%2A> is `true`.  
  
     This will prevent you from having to synchronize the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.MouseEnter> and <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.MouseLeave> events.  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem>
- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.Selected%2A>
- [ToolStrip Control Overview](toolstrip-control-overview-windows-forms.md)