MouseEnter and MouseLeave events from a Panel and its child controls

Question

I have a Panel that contains child controls.

If I handle the Panel\'s MouseEnter and MouseLeave events, and its c

Answer 1

Matthew's answer will not work always. Especially if the child control is set to the edge of its container and the mouse moves off the controls in that direction. You will never detect the MouseLeave event.

The best approach is to create a user control container then hook all the child controls' MouseEnter and MouseLeave events so that you can properly detect when and where the mouse is at all times. THEN if it enters your container's bounds you can fire a custom MouseEnter event and when it leaves MouseLeave event.