Lassooing files in listview

What does a dotted line round a listview item mean? Does it mean its selected? Im still struggling to find out why i get a row selected that i didnt lasso aswell as the lossooed items. it always seems to include the item with the dotted line around it in all my selections and i cant seem to turn it off, even when i set everything to selected=false first.

Could you either post your code or zip your project and post it.

Try this...

VB Code:

Private Sub ListView1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
    
    If ListView1.HitTest(x, y) Is Nothing Then
        Set ListView1.SelectedItem = Nothing
    End If
    
End Sub

:)

Thanks Crptcblade but no joy. As soon as the items are removed from the listview (so the listview is empty), the lasso tool is permanently on! I can move the mouse without clicking a button and the lasso just draws a rectangle wherever i am. I have to click the mouse to turn it off. There must be a command to cancel the lasso but i dont know what it is?

Hey,

Sorry to ask this here, but what is the lasso tool, how does one implement it?

JS

The lasso is what you get in Windows Explorer when you click outside a row and drag the mouse down to create a box around the items you want selected (click and hold mouse then drag).
It is automatic when u set the property MultiSelect=true on say a listview