Question

How can I simulate a visual click on a button in my form (WinForms)?

I don’t mean:

Button_Press(MyButton, new KeyPressEventArgs());

I want the user to see (visually) the button being clicked.

Of course I don’t want to use

SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}")

or other functions of this kind.

Answer 1

If you use a RadioButton instead of a normal Button, you can set its .Appearance property to “Button” and then modify its .Checked property from somewhere else.

eg.

this.radioButton1.Appearance = Appearance.Button;

and then call:

this.radioButton1.Checked = true;

or

this.radioButton1.Checked = false;

It will look just like a regular button.