How to implement an OnMouseDown event for the buttons of a TRadioGroup #122

Question

I have created a decendant of TRadioGroup called TSuperRadioGroup. With this new control, I have surfaced the OnMouseDown event. But the event is only triggered when the mouse goes down on the border or caption of the group, not on the radio buttons themselves.

The solution I use is to register a window procedure for the radio buttons. You can trap the Windows messages there.

procedure TSuperRadioGroup.RegisterWndProc;
var
  BtnHnd: hWnd;
  ItrBtn: Integer;
begin
  inherited;
  HasWndProc := True;
  BtnHnd := GetWindow(Handle, GW_CHILD);
  ItrBtn := 0;
  while BtnHnd > 0 do
  begin
    if GetWindowLong(BtnHnd, GWL_USERDATA) <> 0 then
      raise Exception.Create('Userdata may not be used');
    ButtonHandle[ItrBtn] := BtnHnd;
    OrigWndProc[ItrBtn] := GetWindowLong(BtnHnd, GWL_WNDPROC);
    SetWindowLong(BtnHnd, GWL_USERDATA, Longint(self));
    SetWindowLong(BtnHnd, GWL_WNDPROC, Longint(@RadioBtnWndProc));
    Inc(ItrBtn);
    BtnHnd := GetWindow(BtnHnd, GW_HWNDNEXT);
  end;
end;

In the RadioBtnWndProc window procedure you can use this code to get at the radio group object and the specific button:

Obj := TObject(GetWindowLong(WndHnd, GWL_USERDATA));
if Obj is TSuperRadioGroup then
begin
  RadioGrp := TSuperRadioGroup(Obj);
  for ItrBtn := 0 to RadioGrp.Items.Count - 1 do
  begin
    if WndHnd = RadioGrp.ButtonHandle[ItrBtn] then
    begin
      OrigWndProc := RadioGrp.OrigWndProc[ItrBtn];
      break;
    end;
  end;
end;

If the message is not completely handled, you need to call the original window procedure at the end of your specialized window procedure:

Result := CallWindowProc(
  Pointer(OrigWndProc), WndHnd, Msg, WParam, LParam)
;

Original resource:	The Delphi Pool
Author:	Unknown
Added:	2009/10/28
Last updated:	2009/10/28