MouseHover same as MouseMove? How to get the x/y position of the window?

[FunkMonkey]

In VBA code the x/y parameters are sent with the call, so it's easy to do what I want with the item. (see below) I don't get a mousemove option from the tool, nor do I get x/y from e.

How would I get the x/y position of the mouse to determine if the cursor is on the object or not? I use the move over the object as a sign to extend the object for viewing hidden items in the GroupBox. Will the MouseHover do the same thing for me?

Private Sub FRM_REVIEW_MouseMove(ByVal Button As Integer, ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)
    
    If (CurrentPhase = eRUN_MAIN_SECTION) Then
        FRM_INVESTIGATION_CONCLUSION.ZOrder (1)
        FRM_RISK.ZOrder (1)
        FRM_CAPA.ZOrder (1)
'        If (FRM_DHR.Height = 18) Then
            FRM_REVIEW.ZOrder (0)
'        End If

        FRM_REVIEW.SetFocus

        DoEvents
        If (X > 5 And X < 888 And Y < 320 And Y > -1) Then ' And FRM_REVIEW.Height < 338) Then
            FRM_RISK.Height = 18
            FRM_CAPA.Height = 18
            FRM_DHR.Height = 18
            FRM_REVIEW.Height = 336
        Else
            FRM_CAPA.Height = 18
            FRM_DHR.Height = 18
            FRM_RISK.Height = 18
            FRM_REVIEW.Height = 18
        End If
        DoEvents
    End If
    
End Sub

Thanks for the support.

[jmcilhinney]

Private Sub Form1_MouseHover(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.MouseHover
    Dim mousePosition = PointToClient(Cursor.Position)

    '...
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_MouseMove(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseMove
    Dim mousePosition = e.Location

    '...
End Sub

The Cursor.Position property is in screen coordinates, so you can use the PointToClient method of the form to convert that to client coordinates, i.e. relative to the top-left corner of the form. All controls (forms are controls too) have PointToClient and PointToScreen methods to convert between client and screen coordinates in both directions. These are often used in tandem to convert a Point relative to one control to a Point relative to another, e.g. a mouse click on a child control can be converted to form coordinates by converting from the child client coordinates to screen coordinates first, then from screen to form client.

[wes4dbt]

Do you really need to capture the x/y coordinates? The GroupBox control has a MouseHover event. You can use that to redimension the GroupBox

[FunkMonkey]

Do you really need to capture the x/y coordinates? The GroupBox control has a MouseHover event. You can use that to redimension the GroupBox

How do I know when the mouse has moved "IN" and "OUT" of the window? To me hover will only be called 1 time, but I may be wrong. I need continuous calls to check if the mouse has moved out of the window to resize it.

Does Hover allow this? Or is it a 1 time call as I suspect?

[jmcilhinney]

Do you actually understand what MouseHover means? It is not an indication that the mouse pointer is over the control. It is specifically an indication that the mouse pointer is over the control and is not moving. Is that specifically what you want? If you want to know when the mouse pointer enters and leaves the bounds of a control then the MouseEnter and MouseLeave events are what you want. That said, they are complicated by the fact that a container control will raise the MouseLeave event when the mouse pointer enters a child control, so you may need to use a bit of logic for containers like Panels and GroupBoxes if you consider the mouse pointer to still be within the container when it is specifically within a child of that container.