Lassooing files in listview

[Blobby]

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.

[Virus00110]

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

[crptcblade]

Try this...

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

[Blobby]

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?

[Sully]

Hey,

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

JS

[Blobby]

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