C# Listbox Item Double Click Event

Question

I have a list box with some items. Is there anyway I can attach a double click event to each item?

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

If i was to double click Item 2, a Messagebox saying "Item 2" would pop up

How would i do this?

Solution 1

void listBox1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    int index = this.listBox1.IndexFromPoint(e.Location);
    if (index != System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.NoMatches)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(index.ToString());
    }
}

This should work...check

Solution 2

WinForms

Add an event handler for the Control.DoubleClick event for your ListBox, and in that event handler open up a MessageBox displaying the selected item.

E.g.:

 private void ListBox1_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     if (ListBox1.SelectedItem != null)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
     }
 }

Where ListBox1 is the name of your ListBox.

Note that you would assign the event handler like this:

ListBox1.DoubleClick += new EventHandler(ListBox1_DoubleClick);

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WPF
Pretty much the same as above, but you'd use the MouseDoubleClick event instead:

ListBox1.MouseDoubleClick += new RoutedEventHandler(ListBox1_MouseDoubleClick);

And the event handler:

 private void ListBox1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 {
     if (ListBox1.SelectedItem != null)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
     }
 }

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Edit: Sisya's answer checks to see if the double-click occurred over an item, which would need to be incorporated into this code to fix the issue mentioned in the comments (MessageBox shown if ListBox is double-clicked while an item is selected, but not clicked over an item).

Hope this helps!

Solution 3

I know this question is quite old, but I was looking for a solution to this problem too. The accepted solution is for WinForms not WPF which I think many who come here are looking for.

For anyone looking for a WPF solution, here is a great approach (via Oskar's answer here):

private void myListBox_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    DependencyObject obj = (DependencyObject)e.OriginalSource;

    while (obj != null && obj != myListBox)
    {
        if (obj.GetType() == typeof(ListBoxItem))
        {
             // Do something
             break;
         }
         obj = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(obj);
    }
}

Basically, you walk up the VisualTree until you've either found a parent item that is a ListBoxItem, or you ascend up to the actual ListBox (and therefore did not click a ListBoxItem).

Solution 4

For Winforms

private void listBox1_DoubleClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        int index = this.listBox1.IndexFromPoint(e.Location);
        if (index != System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.NoMatches)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
        }
    }

and

public Form()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    listBox1.MouseDoubleClick += new MouseEventHandler(listBox1_DoubleClick);
}

that should also, prevent for the event firing if you select an item then click on a blank area.

Solution 5

It depends whether you ListBox object of the System.Windows.Forms.ListBox class, which does have the ListBox.IndexFromPoint() method. But if the ListBox object is from the System.Windows.Control.Listbox class, the answer from @dark-knight (marked as correct answer) does not work.

Im running Win 10 (1903) and current versions of the .NET framework (4.8). This issue should not be version dependant though, only whether your Application is using WPF or Windows Form for the UI. See also: WPF vs Windows Form

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