Hi,

I'm developing a .NET application that involves recording macros from within
Internet Explorer sidebar (as well as external application hosting MS WebBrowser
control that does the same thing).

I need to detect when the navigation event (e.g. BeforeNavigate2 or
DocumentCompleted) is initiated from the Address Bar, rather than clicking links
or any AJAX/script on the page.
(Actually I don't care much about AJAX for now, but I need at least filter any
navigation initiated by clicking links).

My first idea (seems not very straightforward though is:
1. When a link/button is clicked within the WebBrowser, set a flag indicating
that navigation was caused by clicking a link.
2. See if any Navigating or Navigated event occurs during some timeout after the
link was clicked. If none, assume that the link/button doesn't lead to
navigating to other page.
3. When the DocumentCompleted event fires, reset the flag (which was set at #1).
If the flag was not set, assume that the call was initiated from address bar.
Need to handle possible redirection somehow as well.

Other ideas include:
- like my first idea, but analyze the link/button to see if it will produce
navigation event or not. So, we won't need the step #2.
- detecting mouse clicks/keystrokes when the address bar is active (VERY
unwanted because of possible issues with Protected Mode and IE8 threading
model).

I'd appreciate any hint or sharing your practical experience regarding this.

(Note, I'm using C#/.NET 3.5 here but it shouldn't matter much, I'm not less
familiar with Delphi and Visual C++).

Thanks in advance for your help