How to get the HubTile position when mouse clicked in WinForms?
HubTile position
The WinForms HubTile control contains Win 8 live tiles like, sliding functionality upon mouse selection on it. And now, there is no direct option to retrieve the sliding direction. That is, whether the sliding direction is left, right, top, bottom or middle in HubTile.
You can retrieve the sliding direction by handling its MouseDown event. The following code example demonstrates the same.
C#
//HubTile rectangle
HubtileRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, this.hubTile1.Width, this.hubTile1.Height);
void hubTile1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
//Calculating Left side HubTile bounds
Rectangle LeftRectangle = new Rectangle(HubtileRect.X, HubtileRect.Y, this.HubtileRect.Width / 4, this.HubtileRect.Height);
//Calculating Top side HubTile bounds
Rectangle UpRectangle = new Rectangle(LeftRectangle.Right, this.HubtileRect.Y, (this.HubtileRect.Width - (2 * (this.HubtileRect.Width / 4))), this.HubtileRect.Height / 4);
//Calculating Right side HubTile bounds
Rectangle RightRectangle = new Rectangle(UpRectangle.Right, this.HubtileRect.Y, this.HubtileRect.Width / 4, this.HubtileRect.Height);
//Calculating Bottom side HubTile bounds
Rectangle DownRectangle = new Rectangle(LeftRectangle.Right, (this.HubtileRect.Height / 2 + this.HubtileRect.Height / 4), (this.HubtileRect.Width - (2 * (this.HubtileRect.Width / 4))), HubtileRect.Height / 4);
if (LeftRectangle.Contains(e.Location))
{
Left = Right = Middle = Top = Bottom = false;
Left = true;
this.label1.Text = "Left";
}
else if (UpRectangle.Contains(e.Location))
{
Left = Right = Middle = Top = Bottom = false;
Top = true;
this.label1.Text = "Up";
}
else if (RightRectangle.Contains(e.Location))
{
Left = Right = Middle = Top = Bottom = false;
Right = true;
this.label1.Text = "Right";
}
else if (DownRectangle.Contains(e.Location))
{
Left = Right = Middle = Top = Bottom = false;
Bottom = true;
this.label1.Text = "Down";
}
else
{
Left = Right = Middle = Top = Bottom = false;
Middle = true;
this.label1.Text = "Middle";
}
}
VB
'HubTile rectangle HubtileRect = New Rectangle(0, 0, Me.hubTile1.Width, Me.hubTile1.Height) Private Sub hubTile1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) 'Calculating Left side HubTile bounds Dim LeftRectangle As New Rectangle(HubtileRect.X, HubtileRect.Y, Me.HubtileRect.Width \ 4, Me.HubtileRect.Height) 'Calculating Top side HubTile bounds Dim UpRectangle As New Rectangle(LeftRectangle.Right, Me.HubtileRect.Y, (Me.HubtileRect.Width - (2 * (Me.HubtileRect.Width \ 4))), Me.HubtileRect.Height \ 4) 'Calculating Right side HubTile bounds Dim RightRectangle As New Rectangle(UpRectangle.Right, Me.HubtileRect.Y, Me.HubtileRect.Width \ 4, Me.HubtileRect.Height) 'Calculating Bottom side HubTile bounds Dim DownRectangle As New Rectangle(LeftRectangle.Right, (Me.HubtileRect.Height \ 2 + Me.HubtileRect.Height \ 4), (Me.HubtileRect.Width - (2 * (Me.HubtileRect.Width \ 4))), HubtileRect.Height \ 4) If LeftRectangle.Contains(e.Location) Then Bottom = False Top = Bottom Middle = Top Right = Middle Left = Right Left = True Me.label1.Text = "Left" ElseIf UpRectangle.Contains(e.Location) Then Bottom = False Top = Bottom Middle = Top Right = Middle Left = Right Top = True Me.label1.Text = "Up" ElseIf RightRectangle.Contains(e.Location) Then Bottom = False Top = Bottom Middle = Top Right = Middle Left = Right Right = True Me.label1.Text = "Right" ElseIf DownRectangle.Contains(e.Location) Then Bottom = False Top = Bottom Middle = Top Right = Middle Left = Right Bottom = True Me.label1.Text = "Down" Else Bottom = False Top = Bottom Middle = Top Right = Middle Left = Right Middle = True Me.label1.Text = "Middle" End If End Sub
The following screenshot illustrates the output.
Figure 1: HubTile position when mouse clicked
Sample: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/118116/HubTileSample-422843480.zip
Reference link: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/hub-tile/appearance-and-styling
Conclusion
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