[RESOLVED] Selected subitem in a listview

How do I determine which listview column has been clicked on?

Would this work for you?

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Const LVM_FIRST = &H1000
Private Const LVHT_NOWHERE As Long = &H1
Private Const LVHT_ONITEMICON As Long = &H2
Private Const LVHT_ONITEMLABEL As Long = &H4
Private Const LVHT_ONITEMSTATEICON As Long = &H8
Private Const LVHT_ONITEM As Long = (LVHT_ONITEMICON Or LVHT_ONITEMLABEL Or LVHT_ONITEMSTATEICON)
Private Const LVM_SUBITEMHITTEST As Long = (LVM_FIRST + 57)
 
Private Type POINTAPI
   x As Long
   y As Long
End Type
 
Private Type HITTESTINFO
   pt As POINTAPI
   flags As Long
   iItem As Long
   iSubItem  As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
 
Dim HTI As HITTESTINFO
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
'=======================
Dim i%, j%
Dim itm As ListItem
Dim LSI As ListSubItem
 
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Item"
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "SubItem1"
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "SubItem2"
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "SubItem3"
    
    For i = 1 To 5
        Set itm = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , "Item " & i)
        For j = 1 To 3
            Set LSI = itm.ListSubItems.Add(, , "Subitem " & i & j)
        Next j
    Next
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub ListView1_DblClick()
'================================
Dim iRes As Long
Dim iItemIndex As Long
Dim iSubitemIndex As Long
Dim sMsg As String
 
On Error Resume Next
 
    iRes = SendMessage(ListView1.hwnd, LVM_SUBITEMHITTEST, 0, HTI)
    
    iItemIndex = HTI.iItem + 1
    iSubitemIndex = HTI.iSubItem
    
    ListView1.ListItems(iItemIndex).Selected = True
    
    sMsg = "Selected Item:    " & ListView1.ListItems(iItemIndex).Text & vbNewLine & _
           "Selected SubItem: " & ListView1.ListItems(iItemIndex).SubItems(iSubitemIndex)
    
    MsgBox sMsg
    
    sMsg = "Row Index: " & iItemIndex & vbNewLine & _
           "Col Index: " & iSubitemIndex + 1 & vbNewLine & _
           "Col Name : " & ListView1.ColumnHeaders(iSubitemIndex + 1)
    
    MsgBox sMsg
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub ListView1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
     With HTI
        .pt.x = (x / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
        .pt.y = (y / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY)
        .flags = LVHT_ONITEMICON Or LVHT_ONITEMLABEL Or LVHT_NOWHERE
    End With
End Sub

Cool. Gonna save this code for future use. :)

Cool, indeed! Thanks a lot.

However, is it really necessary to go through all that code? What about checking (in the listview mousedown event) the x coordinate against the column boundaries, would that work?

Further, is the 9th line of the double click event handler necessary?

VB Code:

ListView1.ListItems(iItemIndex).Selected = True

I've found the code works equally well without it.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by krtxmrtz

Further, is the 9th line of the double click event handler necessary?..

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It was when I wrote it but you are free to modify it as you wish. :)

Very nice! This is just what I was looking for!