Custom Form acts like drop down won't click.

[DragonLord]

I have a custom form that launches from a button. The form works great with a little hick-up.

When you open the form the onmousedown does a check to see if the click from the mouse is on the form or outside the form or if the click is on the close section of the form.

This part works fine except when i click on the form i have to click once to say i am on the form then a second time to access any controls, I want to transfer the click after the check to any underlying controls.

here is the code any help would be greatly appreciated.

//Check to see if the close button is pressed on the drop-down form to allow the user to close it early.
                if (_llClose.RectangleToScreen(_llClose.ClientRectangle).Contains(Cursor.Position))
                {
                    Close(); //close the drop-down
                }
                else
                {
                    //Check to see if the click is inside the drop-down Form
                    if (RectangleToScreen(ClientRectangle).Contains(Cursor.Position))
                    {
                        rectangleChecked = true;
                        OnMouseDown(e); //normal mouse behavior  
                        FrmAddressEntry_MouseClick(this, e);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Close();
                    }
                }
 
 

I have tried a few things so any of you with more knowledge and a few minutes I would sure appreciate your help.

[DragonLord]

What I am basically trying to accomplish is one click either focuses on the window or closes it. but the same click will transfer through and activate the drop down or focus on the text box etc. if it is inside the rectangle.

[DragonLord]

anybody have any ideas?