A mouse event is fired every time you do something with a mouse , if you click the mouse a Click Event fires , if you move the mouse a MouseMove event occurs , if you press a button down a MouseDown event occurs and when you release the button a MouseUp event occurs.

Not all of the controls support the MouseUp , MouseDown and MouseMove events .

Of course when you click on a mouse button in fact you generate more than just a Click event , you also generate a MouseDown event and a MouseUp event .

The syntax for MouseUp , MouseDown and MouseMoveis listed below

Syntax

Private Sub Control_MouseUp (Button As Integer , Shift As Integer , X As Single , Y As Single)

Private Sub Control_MouseDown (Button As Integer , Shift As Integer , X As Single , Y As Single)

Private Sub Control_MouseMove (Button As Integer , Shift As Integer , X As Single , Y As Single)

Private is the scope
Sub denotes a procedure
Control is the name of the control in which the event is fired
MouseUp / MouseDown are the event procedures
Button is an integer that denotes the mouse button or combination of mouse buttons .
Shift is an integer that reports whether the Alt , Shift or Control keys are held down.
x is the horizontal position of the mouse pointer
y is the vertical position of the mouse pointer

Mouse Button Values

Shift Button values