ToolStrip StatusLabel DoubleClick Event Doesn't Raise

Question

I'm having trouble with subscribing to the DoubleClick event for a dynamically created ToolStripStatusLabel .

In my code I create a series of ToolStripStatusLabel items inside a StatusStrip , and subscribe to its DoubleClick event, but it looks like it never rises

private void InitStatusBar()
{
    foreach (CardReader cardReader in appConfig.CardReadersList)
    {
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel cardReaderStatusLabel = new ToolStripStatusLabel();
        cardReaderStatusLabel.Name = cardReader.Description;
        cardReaderStatusLabel.Tag = cardReader;
        cardReaderStatusLabel.Text = cardReader.Description.ToUpper();
        cardReaderStatusLabel.Image = cardReader.DeviceInfo.GetIconImage();
        cardReaderStatusLabel.DoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this.cardReaderStatusLabel_DoubleClick);
        this.statusStripBottom.Items.Add(cardReaderStatusLabel);
        this.statusStripBottom.Refresh();
    }
}

private void cardReaderStatusLabel_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ToolStripStatusLabel clickedToolStripLabel = (ToolStripStatusLabel)sender;
    CardReader taggedCardReader = (CardReader)clickedToolStripLabel.Tag;
    MessageBox.Show("Lector: " + taggedCardReader.Description + Environment.NewLine + "Status: " + taggedCardReader.DeviceInfo.CardReaderStatusString);

}

The StatusStrip is correctly initialized (the status labels are added and shown in the status strip) but when I double click on them, nothing happens :(

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

You should set DoubleClickEnabled property for those items to true , then you can handle DoubleClick event for your ToolStripItem .

ToolStripItem handles double click in its own internal method HandleMouseUp . In the method it checks DoubleClickEnabled property and based on the ticks between the mouse up and last click, decide if it should raise double click event.