How to know the event sender name?

Question

Hi I have three buttons on a formand i have written a single module to handle the click event when the click event occurs I am unable to know from which button the event has occured. Is there any way to know the name of the button that generated the event. Thanx in advance Regards Soman

mgroesink · Answer

You can also try this: private void button_Click(object sender System.EventArgs e) { if (sender is Button) { MessageBox.Show((sender as Button).Text); } }

shimtanny · Answer

Hi Try the following code in your event handler method. private void button_Click(object sender System.EventArgs e) { if (sender is Button) { Button b = (Button) sender; string name = b.Name; } } Simon