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How to: Determine Which Panel in the Windows Forms StatusBar Control Was Clicked

Important

The xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip and xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel controls replace and add functionality to the xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar and xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel controls; however, the xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar and xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel controls are retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if you choose.

To program the StatusBar Control control to respond to user clicks, use a case statement within the xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar.PanelClick event. The event contains an argument (the panel argument), which contains a reference to the clicked xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel. Using this reference, you can determine the index of the clicked panel, and program accordingly.

Note

Ensure that the xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar control's xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar.ShowPanels%2A property is set to true.

To determine which panel was clicked

1. In the xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar.PanelClick event handler, use a Select Case (in Visual Basic) or switch case (Visual C# or Visual C++) statement to determine which panel was clicked by examining the index of the clicked panel in the event arguments.

   The following code example requires the presence, on the form, of a xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar control, StatusBar1, and two xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel objects, StatusBarPanel1 and StatusBarPanel2.

   Private Sub StatusBar1_PanelClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanelClickEventArgs) Handles StatusBar1.PanelClick  
      Select Case StatusBar1.Panels.IndexOf(e.StatusBarPanel)  
        Case 0  
          MessageBox.Show("You have clicked Panel One.")  
        Case 1  
          MessageBox.Show("You have clicked Panel Two.")  
      End Select  
   End Sub  
   

   private void statusBar1_PanelClick(object sender,
   System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanelClickEventArgs e)  
   {  
      switch (statusBar1.Panels.IndexOf(e.StatusBarPanel))  
      {  
         case 0 :  
            MessageBox.Show("You have clicked Panel One.");  
            break;  
         case 1 :  
            MessageBox.Show("You have clicked Panel Two.");  
            break;  
      }  
   }  
   

   private:  
      void statusBar1_PanelClick(System::Object ^  sender,  
         System::Windows::Forms::StatusBarPanelClickEventArgs ^  e)  
      {  
         switch (statusBar1->Panels->IndexOf(e->StatusBarPanel))  
         {  
            case 0 :  
               MessageBox::Show("You have clicked Panel One.");  
               break;  
            case 1 :  
               MessageBox::Show("You have clicked Panel Two.");  
               break;  
         }  
      }  
   

   (Visual C#, Visual C++) Place the following code in the form's constructor to register the event handler.

   this.statusBar1.PanelClick += new
      System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanelClickEventHandler
      (this.statusBar1_PanelClick);  
   

   this->statusBar1->PanelClick += gcnew  
      System::Windows::Forms::StatusBarPanelClickEventHandler  
      (this, &Form1::statusBar1_PanelClick);  
   

See also

• xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar
• xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel
• How to: Set the Size of Status-Bar Panels
• Walkthrough: Updating Status Bar Information at Run Time
• StatusBar Control Overview