Mouse leave event, on child controls

I have a usercontrol with a label and a picturebox on it, on the usercontrol itself there is a mouseleave event which change the background color of the usercontrol.

My question is, how do i either make the child controls react to this or ignore it - as it is now the mouseleave will be triggered when the mouse enters forinstance the label :-(

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Mouse leave event, on child controls

dotnetto

In the Load event of your usercontol you iterate over all controls and wire the MouseLeave event to the method:

private void UserControl1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
this.MouseLeave += new EventHandler(Control_MouseLeave);

foreach(Control control in Controls)
{
control.MouseLeave += new EventHandler(Control_MouseLeave);
}
}

private void Control_MouseLeave( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
// TODO: Handle the mouse leave.
}

Swarna
This is the correct way, you must just check if you don't set the same color twice:

if( !this.BackColor.Equals( Color.Red ) )
{
this.BackColor = Color.Red;
}

When you set a lot of colors you can also use the LockWindowUpdate api or the SuspendLayout method of the Control class.
SithKitty
Thank you for the quick and helpfull reply

I have tried this, put the usercontrols event on the child controls too, but this creates a bit of flicker with the colors as it triggers from usercontrol onto child control.

Maybe this is the correct soultion, I was just hoping for something a little better.
Mouse leave event, on child controls

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