not getting messages like ON_WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK() in CDockablePane

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i made an app using the vs2010 wizard and created a navigation pane which generates a dockable window CDockablePane called CFileView

all works well and i can right click on the items in the dummy menu items and get a callback to OnContextMenu

but i want to open the file with a double click so i put ON_WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK() in the message map and 'afx_msg void OnLButtonDblClk( UINT nFlags, CPoint point );' in the declare message map and made a body for OnLButtonDblClk

this normally works just fine, it catches double clicks, but for some reason i cannot work out, it refuses to call the my OnLButtonDblClk when i double click the file name in the window.

this should be fairly basic stuff and i have no idea why its not working. i would really love some help, thanks

BTW i've tried left mouse up and down and they don't work either, its seems to be blocking left mouse click but ON_WM_CONTEXTMENU i.e. right mouse is fine.

Posted 28-May-11 0:41am

steveh2112

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steveh2112 · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-29T02:36:00

update

i added the following to my class

C#

BOOL CFileView::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
    switch (pMsg->message)
    {
    case WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
        OnFileOpen();
        break;
    }
    return CDockablePane::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
}

the PreTranslateMessage is seeing the WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK as you would expect but i still do not know why its not making its way to callback OnLButtonDblClk

calling open from PreTranslateMessage seems to work ok but i know that is not where it is supposed to go