# RibbonListView.ItemMouseDown Event

> Occurs when the mouse pointer is over a RibbonListViewItem and the mouse button is pressed.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **Introduced:** 25.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > RibbonListView.ItemMouseDown Event
- **335 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/itemmousedown-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/itemmousedown-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/itemmousedown-event/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Occurs when the mouse pointer is over a [RibbonListViewItem](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/llms-full.txt) and the mouse button is pressed.

### Syntax

```csharp
public event RibbonListView.ItemMouseDownEventHandler ItemMouseDown;
```

```vbnet
Public Event ItemMouseDown As RibbonListView.ItemMouseDownEventHandler
```

### Examples

The following example records useful context when item mouse down occurs.

```csharp
ribbonListView.ItemMouseDown += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Item Mouse Down at {DateTime.Now:u}");
};
```

```vbnet
AddHandler ribbonListView.ItemMouseDown,
    Sub(sender, e)
        Console.WriteLine($"Item Mouse Down at {DateTime.Now:u}")
    End Sub
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonListView.ItemDropDownOpening Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/itemdropdownopening-event/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonListView.ItemMouseEnter Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/itemmouseenter-event/llms-full.txt)