Form Events

The event methods defined in the Form class are summarized in the following table.

Event	Description
activate	Occurs when a form becomes the active window
click	Occurs when the user presses and then releases the left mouse button
contextMenu	Occurs after the right mouseUp event and after the keyUp event
dblClick	Occurs when the user presses and releases the left mouse button and then presses and releases it again
deactivate	Occurs when a different form becomes the active window
dragDrop	Occurs when a dragged window is dropped over a form belonging to the same application
dragOver	Occurs for each form of the application over which a window is dragged
firstChange	Occurs when the contents of a control on the form change
formMove	Occurs when a form is moved on the screen
gotFocus	Occurs when a control receives the focus
keyDown	Occurs when the user presses a key
keyPress	Occurs when the user presses and releases an ANSI key
keyUp	Occurs when the user releases a key
load	First event called for the form and its controls (except the windowCreated event for the controls)
lostFocus	Occurs when a control loses the focus
mdiDocked	Occurs after the user docks an MDI child form
mdiFloated	Occurs after the user floats an MDI child form
mouseDown	Occurs when the user presses a mouse button
mouseEnter	Occurs when the user moves the mouse onto a form
mouseLeave	Occurs when the user moves the mouse off a form
mouseMove	Occurs when the user moves the mouse
mouseUp	Occurs when the user releases a mouse button
paint	Occurs when part or all of a form is exposed after it has been moved or enlarged
queryUnload	Occurs before a form closes, to give the logic the opportunity to reject the closure
resize	Occurs when the size of a form is changed
scrolled	Occurs when the user scrolls a form
sysNotify	Occurs when a specified Jade system event occurs
trayIconClicked	Occurs when a user clicks a system tray entry created by the setSystemTrayEntry method
unload	Occurs when a form is about to be removed from the screen
userNotify	Occurs when triggered from the Jade Object Manager by a user call

For details, see "Window, Form, and Control Events", later in this document.