can't perform middle click on a NotifyIcon

Question

Hello. The problem is when the middle mouse has been clicked on the tray the program always sees it like the left one has been. Creating a new notifyIcon control gives the same result. There is the same problem in other projects. Middle click is normally detected in other cases (clicking on a picturebox).

        private void notifyIcon_Tray_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) f_ShowMainWindow();
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Middle) Objects_and_Functions.f_OpenDraft();
        }

Answer 1

Hi @ms account , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

After testing with the following code in Windows 10/11:

   private void notifyIcon1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
   {
       MessageBox.Show(e.Button.ToString());
   }

In Windows 11, notifyIcon1_MouseDown seems to recognize the middle mouse button as the left button. I tested this function normally in Windows 11.

It seems that you can do what you want by building a global hook, but that is very troublesome and unsafe. If there are no special needs, I suggest you use other methods (such as left click and right click, single click and double click, you have four combinations to use)

Waiting for your reply.

Best Regards,

Jiale

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