How to get the HDC of the element the cursor is on?

Question

C++ / C#

Hello.
I want to make animation on Win32. Made a nice interface based on dialog boxes. The borders are thin, the system buttons set their own.
The question is this: I want to make an animation when clicking / hovering or similar actions. How to trace - I know. But the question is different - how can I get the HDC of the control, which was clicked / hovered over and, in general, with which the cursor / user interacts? Checking the mouse coordinates via GetCur..Pos, and then checking it with the coordinates of the desired control is not an option.

PS: not necessarily HDC, you can just HANDLE or at least some control data, so that you can then interact with it (change color, size, etc.)

Answer 1

Well, since you are at such a low level, why not catch the corresponding messages in the processing loop? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inp...