Problem with listview

[wasiq]

i am having a little trouble with listview control. how can i check if the cursor was not clicked on an icon. i want to know if the user is clicking on the cursor or on the empty area.

[Serge]

You can do something like this. Use the MouseDown event of the ListView to check if the user has selected anything in a ListView:

Private Sub ListView1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
    Dim itmListItem As ListItem
    
    Set itmListItem = ListView1.HitTest(x, y)
    If itmListItem Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Nothing is selected."
    Else
        MsgBox "You selected " & itmListItem.Text
    End If
End Sub

Regards,

[wasiq]

you suggestion works fine with single click, but when a user selects an item, and then double clicks on the listview control's blank area, the item which was selected the last time receives the focus. what i want is that when the user selects an item, and if he double clicks outside an item, the item should lose the focus just like in windows explorer.

i hope you get what i mean.

[Serge]

You can try something like this:

Option Explicit
Private itmListItem As ListItem


Private Sub ListView1_DblClick()
    If itmListItem Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Nothing is selected."
    Else
        MsgBox "You selected " & itmListItem.Text
    End If
End Sub


Private Sub ListView1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
    Set itmListItem = ListView1.HitTest(x, y)
End Sub

[wasiq]

but the item still doesnt loose the focus, it receives the focus again after double click, i want it to work like windows explorer.

[wasiq]

can anyone help,.....anyone???