Listbox Select Multiple

[squirrelly1]

I need a way for my user to be able to select multiple items in a listbox, and still be able to select only one item when they want to without having to unselect everything that they selected or press a command button to clear it... (that's just ugly )

Here's what I thought of...

I think that if I were able to set the listbox's selection option to one of the multiples when I wanted to, that would work...

What I'm not sure on is how I can detect whether the Ctrl or Shift key being pressed while they are selecting the items in the listbox...

Any ideas on how I can do this? Maybe I'm looking at it all wrong... TELL ME PLEASE!

Thanks ,

Squirrelly1

[brown monkey]

i don't know if this helps

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
      Dim s As String = "brown monkey hopes not to bark the wrong tree"
      Dim ss() As String = Split(s, " ")
      For Each s In ss
         ListView1.Items.Add(s)
         ListBox1.Items.Add(s)
      Next
   End Sub
 
   Dim li As ListViewItem
   Private Sub ListView1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles ListView1.MouseDown
      li = ListView1.GetItemAt(e.X, e.Y)
   End Sub
 
   Private Sub ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListView1.SelectedIndexChanged
      li.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue
      li.ForeColor = Color.White
      li.Tag = "monkey" 'selected
   End Sub
 
   Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
      For Each li In ListView1.Items
         li.BackColor = Color.White
         li.ForeColor = Color.Black
      Next
   End Sub
 
   Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
      For Each li In ListView1.Items
         If li.Tag = "monkey" Then
            MessageBox.Show(li.Text)
         End If
      Next
   End Sub

i recommend a listview