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Mualig
Mualig

Reputation: 1444

WPF find control under mouse without modifying the application

I'm creating a log system ('outside' the application) that logs all the click on the application. I have setup a PreFilterMessage function wich detects a click from the mouse, but I can't find the control/element that was clicked.

I've tried with Mouse.DirectlyOverbut the element is always null. I've tried also with VisualTreeHelper.HitTest but I don't have a Visualto make the search from.

I don't have access to the inside of the application: only to the Main method (with the Application.Run(new MainForm()); and my Application.AddMessageFilter(new Logger());).

Does anyone have an idea (or a walk around) on how to get the clicked control in the application (in .Net 3.5)?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 677

Answers (1)

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 6466

I've been using an amazing little application called Snoop for some time now that I think does exactly what you're after, it's open source (C#) and may be of use to you if you can find out how it works. (All WPF developers should get this and no I don't work on Snoop lol)

http://snoopwpf.codeplex.com/

Upvotes: 3

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