How can I capture mouse events that occur outside of a (WPF) window?

Question

I have a Window element that has WindowStyle=\"None\" and AllowsTransparency=\"True\", therefore it has no title bar and supports tran

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this: Processing Global Mouse and Keyboard Hooks in C#

Url: Processing Global Mouse and Keyboard Hooks in C#

This class allows you to tap keyboard and mouse and/or to detect their activity even when an application runs in the background or does not have any user interface at all.

This class raises common .NET events with KeyEventArgs and MouseEventArgs, so you can easily retrieve any information you need.

There is an example and explain and demo to use.

Great tutorial!

Example:

UserActivityHook actHook;
void MainFormLoad(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    actHook= new UserActivityHook(); // crate an instance

    // hang on events

    actHook.OnMouseActivity+=new MouseEventHandler(MouseMoved);
    actHook.KeyDown+=new KeyEventHandler(MyKeyDown);
    actHook.KeyPress+=new KeyPressEventHandler(MyKeyPress);
    actHook.KeyUp+=new KeyEventHandler(MyKeyUp);
}

Now, an example of how to process an event:

public void MouseMoved(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    labelMousePosition.Text=String.Format("x={0}  y={1}", e.X, e.Y);
    if (e.Clicks>0) LogWrite("MouseButton     - " + e.Button.ToString());
}