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Chart.MouseDown Event

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Excel Developer Reference

Occurs when a mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over a chart.

Syntax

expression.MouseDown(Button, Shift, x, y)

expression   A variable that represents a Chart object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Button Required Long The mouse button that was released. Can be one of the following XlMouseButton constants: xlNoButton, xlPrimaryButton, xlSecondaryButton, or xlMiddleButton.
Shift Required Long The state of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys when the event occurred. Can be one of or a sum of values.
x Required Long The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in chart object client coordinates.
y Required Long The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in chart object client coordinates.

Return Value
Nothing

Example

This example runs when a mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over a chart.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Private Sub Chart_MouseDown(ByVal Button As Long, _
        ByVal Shift As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long)
    MsgBox "Button = " & Button & chr$(13) & _
        "Shift = " & Shift & chr$(13) & _ 
        "X = " & X & " Y = " & Y
End Sub

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