# TextControl.DrawingActivated Event

> Occurs when a drawing has been activated. The event handler receives an argument of type DrawingEventArgs containing data related to this event. A drawing is activated, when the user clicks the drawing with the mouse. The user can alter the drawing's contents, when it is activated. When the user clicks on the drawing's border, it is selected. A selected drawing can be sized, moved or copied to the clipboard.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **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 > TextControl.DrawingActivated Event
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingactivated-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingactivated-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingactivated-event/llms-full.txt

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