How to code these rules for mousewheel up/down to control timed value decrease/increase?

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I have a value int -can be retrieved as intopacitylevel- that controls opacity of an element on a Form. When I run my application, the value is set to a number of the random range 1 - 255.
How could I put the following together as a mousewheel solution in c#?: What I want is, moving the mwheel up or down will constantly change the opacity value to the minimum or maximum value depending on mwheel movement direction by adding/subtracting 1 to the current value every 1ms.
This behaviour precisely:
For up direction, stop value increase only when the mwheel was moved to the next spot upwards or when the value is at the maximum 255. For down direction, stop value decrease only when the mwheel was moved to the next spot downwards or when the value is at the minimum 1.
This .gif shows the result I want: at this place was a picture in the past

What I have tried:

I'm new to c#, and I'm not very certain or very flexible with the options I have yet.
At the first place I'm unsure how I should define the specific mousewheel rules and combined with a timer?/flag? to decrease/increase a value correctly.
I think I figured out a way to check if mousewheel moved up or down at least.
I'm not sure if it makes a lot sense to start like that, but this was my first approach in the right direction eventually.

C#

private void Form1_MouseWheel(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
  int mousedeltaval = e.Delta / 120
   if (mousedeltaval == 1) //mousewheel up move
   {
   }
   if (mousedeltaval == -1) //mousewheel down move
   {
   }
}

Posted 6-Nov-19 0:57am

Member 13920025

Updated 10-Nov-19 6:25am

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Solution 1

You can not change the Forms background like this, but you can do it for a Panel:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.panel1.MouseWheel += MyMouseWheel;
}

private void MyMouseWheel(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
    int mousedeltaval = e.Delta / 12;
    int alpha = this.panel1.BackColor.A + mousedeltaval;

    if (alpha > -1 && alpha < 255)
    {
        this.panel1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(alpha, this.panel1.BackColor);
        this.panel1.Invalidate();
    }
}

Posted 6-Nov-19 1:48am

RickZeeland

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Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 8:27am

Thanks so far, but this doesn't answer the question I think.
I didn't ask specifically how to control opacity on a Form.
The opacity control works fine with Form's background image, it's defined already as intopacityvalue.
I used .dll invoking as native solution to make that possible.
I'd like to see a solution that works with my already as int defined value intopacityvalue and the mousewheel events behaviour I explained above to increase/decrease the value by 1 per ms and stop under the right conditions.
I might be wrong, but it doesn't look like the first answer I got, takes care of everything yet.

RickZeeland 6-Nov-19 8:39am

Ah, now I see what you want with a Timer, I'll see what I can do :)

Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 8:43am

Thanks a lot.

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RickZeeland · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06T02:52:00

Solution 3

The third try:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    Timer myTimer = new Timer();
    int mousedeltaval = 0;
    bool running;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        myTimer.Interval = 100;
        myTimer.Tick += MyTimerTick;
        this.panel1.MouseWheel += MyMouseWheel;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Change the transparency of panel1.
    /// </summary>
    private void MyMouseWheel(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        if (running)
        {
            running = false;
            myTimer.Stop();
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
        }
        else
        {
            if (e.Delta < 0)
            {
                mousedeltaval = -10;
            }
            else
            {
                mousedeltaval = 10;
            }

            running = true;
            myTimer.Start();
        }
    }

    private void MyTimerTick(Object myObject, EventArgs myEventArgs)
    {
        int alpha = this.panel1.BackColor.A + mousedeltaval;

        if (alpha > -1 && alpha < 255)
        {
            this.panel1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(alpha, this.panel1.BackColor);
            this.panel1.Invalidate();
        }

        if (alpha < 1 || alpha > 254)
        {
            running = false;
            myTimer.Stop();
        }
    }
}

To reduce flicker, see: drawing - how to stop flickering C# winforms - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 6-Nov-19 2:52am

RickZeeland

Updated 6-Nov-19 8:43am

v4

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Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 11:35am

Thanks. I tested the code in a new Form, but I see no effect.
I must do something wrong(temporary added the code of my Form1 to the question).
I added a "panel1" with red Back Color in Design view to the window, dragged a "timer1" onto panel1.
What else could I miss here?
In the current solution, the expected result would be that mousewheel up increases opacity level of "panel1" constantly, next mousewheel up stop it and when the value is 255 stop automatically and the opposite behaviour with mousewheel down and the minimum value of 1?

RickZeeland 6-Nov-19 12:42pm

You don't need to drag a timer on the form as it is defined completely in code. using mousewheel up and down the transparency should change.

Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 13:01pm

OK. What else could be wrong, if the error is not in the code?
I added the form1 code in a new project and a panel1 to the window with red back color.

RickZeeland 6-Nov-19 13:24pm

Bad mouse :)

Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 13:31pm

Perhaps a problem with focus, when the mouse is fully functional?

RickZeeland 6-Nov-19 14:15pm

I tested it on a notebook and it did not work correctly, I will update the solution !

RickZeeland 6-Nov-19 14:43pm

Done !

Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 15:11pm

This is the correct behaviour. Thanks again!
It looks like I experience a little issue when testing your idea.
Stopping the value with Mousewheel works only with the running bool, but here, switching from one Mousewheel direction to the other direction stops the value for some reason, but that part works properly without the running bool.

Member 13920025 6-Nov-19 18:01pm

Thanks a ton! All problems solved now. Your example was very helpful.

Member 13920025 11-Nov-19 5:55am

Do you have an idea, how I could create the same setup with timer and mousewheel for my new question?
I started the new topic here: How to use mousewheel and timer to adjust the value automatically?
I was able to directly adjust the value using the mousewheel, but I'm unsure how to control the value automatically with a timer and use the mousewheel for indirect control to achieve the same behaviour.