Use a MouseDown or MouseUp event procedure to specify actions that will occur when a mouse button is pressed or released. Unlike the Click and DblClick events, MouseDown and MouseUp events lets you distinguish between the left, right, and middle mouse buttons. You can also write code for mouse-keyboard combinations that use the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keyboard modifiers. Use the ItemFromPoint property to determine the cell or the item over the cursor. Use the CloseOnDblClick property to specify whether the drop down portion of the control is closed when user clicks or double clicks the list. Use the Change event to notify your application that user clicks an item or presses the ENTER key. Use the SelectionChange event  to notify your application that a new item is selected.

The following VB sample displays the cell from the cursor:

Private Sub ComboBox1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    With ComboBox1
        Dim i As Long, c As Long, hit As EXCOMBOBOXLibCtl.HitTestInfoEnum
        i = .ItemFromPoint(X / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, Y / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, c, hit)
        If Not (i = 0) Then
            With .Items
                Debug.Print .CellCaption(i, c)
            End With
        End If
    End With
End Sub

The following C++ sample displays the cell from the cursor:

void OnMouseDownCombobox1(short Button, short Shift, long X, long Y) 
{
	long c = 0, hit = 0, i = m_combobox.GetItemFromPoint( X, Y, &c, &hit );
	if ( i != 0 )
		OutputDebugString( V2S( &m_combobox.GetItems().GetCellCaption(COleVariant(i), COleVariant(c) ) ) );
}

The following VB.NET sample displays the cell from the cursor:

Private Sub AxComboBox1_MouseDownEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxEXCOMBOBOXLib._IComboBoxEvents_MouseDownEvent) Handles AxComboBox1.MouseDownEvent
    With AxComboBox1
        Dim i As Integer, c As Integer, hit As EXCOMBOBOXLib.HitTestInfoEnum
        i = .get_ItemFromPoint(e.x, e.y, c, hit)
        If (i >= 0) Then
            Debug.WriteLine(.Items.CellCaption(i, c))
        End If
    End With
End Sub

The following C# sample displays the cell from the cursor:

private void axComboBox1_MouseDownEvent(object sender, AxEXCOMBOBOXLib._IComboBoxEvents_MouseDownEvent e)
{
	EXCOMBOBOXLib.HitTestInfoEnum h;
	int c = 0, i = axComboBox1.get_ItemFromPoint(e.x, e.y, out c, out h);
	if (i != 0)
		System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(axComboBox1.Items.get_CellCaption(i, c).ToString());
}

The following VFP sample displays the cell from the cursor:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS button, shift, x, y

With thisform.ComboBox1
        local c, hit
        c = 0
        hit = 0
        .Items.DefaultItem = .ItemFromPoint(X , Y, @c, @hit)
        If (.Items.DefaultItem >= 0) Then
            wait window nowait .Items.CellCaption(0, c)
        EndIf
EndWith