Left-click on column header

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    I am using the report control to display a paged list of records (I'm handling the paging). One of the things I'm attempting to handle is when the user clicks on a column header, I actually need to resort on the entire file (not just the page that is currently being displayed to the user). There doesn't appear to be a left-click event for the column headers (which seems to be a weird design decision). 
I did some searching and one way I found to trap this event was in the mouse down event. So I now have code that responds to this event, does a HitTest, then checks to see if the object ht = 1, then checks to see if the column is sortable. If it is, I reload the correct page of data, sorted to match the column the user just clicked.

This seems to work (well, you do see the grid resort, then refresh when I load the correct page of data which isn't ideal, but it's still usable). However, during testing I noticed that ANY click inside of the column area causes this to fire - even just resizing the column headers. 

Any ideas on how to get this event to fire ONLY when the user left-clicks on the column header (and not when they do things like resorting)?

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paulm_wlc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2013 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote paulm_wlc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Left-click on column header Posted: 17 June 2013 at 2:24pm
	I am using the report control to display a paged list of records (I'm handling the paging). One of the things I'm attempting to handle is when the user clicks on a column header, I actually need to resort on the entire file (not just the page that is currently being displayed to the user). There doesn't appear to be a left-click event for the column headers (which seems to be a weird design decision). I did some searching and one way I found to trap this event was in the mouse down event. So I now have code that responds to this event, does a HitTest, then checks to see if the object ht = 1, then checks to see if the column is sortable. If it is, I reload the correct page of data, sorted to match the column the user just clicked. This seems to work (well, you do see the grid resort, then refresh when I load the correct page of data which isn't ideal, but it's still usable). However, during testing I noticed that ANY click inside of the column area causes this to fire - even just resizing the column headers. Any ideas on how to get this event to fire ONLY when the user left-clicks on the column header (and not when they do things like resorting)?

paulm_wlc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 June 2013 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote paulm_wlc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 June 2013 at 7:55am
	The work around I came up with (which, so far, appears to work) is I hook into the ColumnWidthChanged event and record the last fired time. Then in the mouse down I check to see if ColumnWidthChanged has fired within the last few seconds - if it has, I ignore the left-click. I'd prefer something cleaner, though.

ABuenger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 February 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1075	Post Options Post Reply Quote ABuenger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 June 2013 at 8:40am
	Hi, please open a support ticket. Thanks
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