[RESOLVED] Select First Item + ListView

[ritu verma]

 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim lCount As Integer
        For lCount = 1 To 5
            ListView1.Items.Add(lCount.ToString)
        Next

        If ListView1.Items.Count > 0 Then
            ListView1.Items(0).Selected = True
        End If

I have even write the code to select the first node,i want first row should be blue(Selected). But its not coming to be blue?

[jmcilhinney]

Your code works fine for me. Of course, the selected item will only be blue if the ListView has focus. The item will still be selected if the ListView doesn't have focus but the highlight will be far more subtle.

[ritu verma]

Its not wroking even if listview has focus

 Dim lCount As Integer
        For lCount = 1 To 5
            ListView1.Items.Add(lCount.ToString)
        Next

        If ListView1.Items.Count > 0 Then
            ListView1.Focus()
            ListView1.Items(0).Selected = True
            ListView1.Items(0).EnsureVisible()
        End If

[keystone_paul]

So presumably you can see all items but none appears selected? What happens if you click on an item manually at runtime - does it appear selected then?

[jmcilhinney]

But does the ListView have focus? If that code is in the Load event handler then calling the ListView's Focus method is NOT going to mean that it has focus when the form is displayed IF the ListView is not the first control in the Tab order. You have to set focus AFTER the form is displayed or else make the ListView first in the Tab order. Try running this code:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _
                       ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim lCount As Integer
    For lCount = 1 To 5
        ListView1.Items.Add(lCount.ToString)
    Next

    If ListView1.Items.Count > 0 Then
        ListView1.Items(0).Selected = True
        ListView1.Items(0).EnsureVisible()
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Shown(ByVal sender As Object, _
                        ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Shown
    Me.ListView1.Select()
End Sub

Does that work?

[jmcilhinney]

By the way, you're talking about rows so I assume that you have set the View property to Details. Have you actually added any columns to the ListView? If not then you won't see the items so you won't see an item selected.

[ritu verma]

hi jmcilhinney,I set the TabIndex of Listview to 0 and it works out.

  Dim lCount As Integer
        Dim lvitem As ListViewItem

        For lCount = 1 To 5
            lvitem = ListView1.Items.Add(lCount.ToString)
            lvitem.SubItems.Add("A")
        Next

        If ListView1.Items.Count > 0 Then
            ListView1.Items(0).Selected = True
            ListView1.Items(0).EnsureVisible()
        End If