How to programmatic disable C# Console Application's Quick Edit mode?

Question

I,ve tried several solutions found, like the one ->

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/console-writeline-hangs-if-user-click-into-console-window-t1412701.html

But, i observed that mode in GetConsoleMode(IntPtr hConsoleHandle, out int mode) will be different for different console app. It is not constant.

Can I disable mouse clicks (right/left buttons) on a console application to achieve the same scenario. I found that it can be done with IMessageFilter but only for Window Form Application and not for console application.

Please guide.

Answer 1

For those like me that like no-brainer code to copy/paste, here is the code inspired from the accepted answer:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

static class DisableConsoleQuickEdit {

   const uint ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT = 0x0040;

   // STD_INPUT_HANDLE (DWORD): -10 is the standard input device.
   const int STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10;

   [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
   static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);

   [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
   static extern bool GetConsoleMode(IntPtr hConsoleHandle, out uint lpMode);

   [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
   static extern bool SetConsoleMode(IntPtr hConsoleHandle, uint dwMode);

   internal static bool Go() {

      IntPtr consoleHandle = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);

      // get current console mode
      uint consoleMode;
      if (!GetConsoleMode(consoleHandle, out consoleMode)) {
         // ERROR: Unable to get console mode.
         return false;
      }

      // Clear the quick edit bit in the mode flags
      consoleMode &= ~ENABLE_QUICK_EDIT;

      // set the new mode
      if (!SetConsoleMode(consoleHandle, consoleMode)) {
         // ERROR: Unable to set console mode
         return false;
      }

      return true;
   }
}