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.. _MouseCaptureChangedEvent:

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|phoenix_title|  **MouseCaptureChangedEvent**
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An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its mouse capture.          

This is called even if :meth:`Window.ReleaseMouse`   was called by the application code. Handling this event allows an application to cater for unexpected capture releases which might otherwise confuse mouse handling code. 







.. _MouseCaptureChangedEvent-events:

|events| Events Emitted by this Class
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Handlers bound for the following event types will receive a :ref:`MouseCaptureChangedEvent` parameter.

- EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED: Process a  ``wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED``   event.   








         



.. availability:: Only available for MSW.  







.. seealso:: :ref:`MouseCaptureLostEvent`, :ref:`Events and Event Handling <events and event handling>`, :meth:`Window.CaptureMouse` , :meth:`Window.ReleaseMouse` , :meth:`Window.GetCapture`     







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|class_hierarchy| Inheritance Diagram
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Inheritance diagram for class **MouseCaptureChangedEvent**

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|method_summary| Methods Summary
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:meth:`~MouseCaptureChangedEvent.__init__`                                       Constructor.
:meth:`~MouseCaptureChangedEvent.GetCapturedWindow`                              Returns the window that gained the capture, or ``None`` if it was a non-wxWidgets window.
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|property_summary| Properties Summary
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:attr:`~MouseCaptureChangedEvent.CapturedWindow`                                 See :meth:`~MouseCaptureChangedEvent.GetCapturedWindow`
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|api| Class API
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.. class:: MouseCaptureChangedEvent(Event)

   An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its mouse capture.
   
   **Possible constructors**::

       MouseCaptureChangedEvent(windowId=0, gainedCapture=None)
       



   .. method:: __init__(self, windowId=0, gainedCapture=None)

      Constructor.                  


      :param `windowId`: 
      :type `windowId`: int
      :param `gainedCapture`: 
      :type `gainedCapture`: Window







   .. method:: GetCapturedWindow(self)

      Returns the window that gained the capture, or ``None`` if it was a non-wxWidgets window.                  

      :rtype: :ref:`Window`








   .. attribute:: CapturedWindow

      See :meth:`~MouseCaptureChangedEvent.GetCapturedWindow`