how do i click on listview with "large icons mode" to hide panel?

[12padams]

I am making an operating system and it has icons on the desktop and the whole desktop is a list view...

Problem i have is I did this:

    Private Sub desktopicons_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles desktopicons.Click
        startmenu.Hide()
    End Sub

"desktopicons" is the list view if your wondering...

The problem is this code does not work unless when i click the desktop i actually click on a item in listview (an icon)

How do i make it so that when i click the listview and don't accually click an item in listveiw it hides the panel?

 

[JohnH]

You can use MouseDown or MouseUp event.

 

[12padams]

thankyou works perfectly