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);

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());
     }
 }

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!