Mouse.LeftButton Property

Definition

Gets the state of the left button of the mouse.

C#
public static System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonState LeftButton { get; }

Property Value

The state of the left mouse button.

Examples

The following example shows how to determine whether the left mouse button is pressed by checking if the state of the LeftButton is equal to the MouseButtonState enumeration value Pressed. If the button is pressed, a method is called which updates display elements in the sample.

C#
if (Mouse.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
    UpdateSampleResults("Left Button Pressed");
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also