Single-select Win32 ListView (Common Controls)

Question

I'm using the ListView control from Common Controls 6.0 in C++ and I need the ListView to be single-select only.

All of the higher level controls have this feature (e.g. .Net and Qt), but I imagine they are based on this control deep down somewhere. Any ideas on how I can get this to behave as a single-select list?

Just in case it makes a difference, here is my current create statement:

list = ::CreateWindowExW(
    0,
    WC_LISTVIEWW,
    NULL,
    WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_BORDER | LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS | LVS_REPORT | LVS_OWNERDATA,
    0,
    0,
    250,
    400,
    parentWindow,
    NULL,
    NULL,
    NULL
);

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:40

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You want the flag LVS_SINGLESEL

This flag must be used in window creation, changing it after creation will fail - can't toggle between single and multi select without creating 2 separate controls.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:40

Greg Domjan

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Thank you for the extra information on not being able to toggle it, that will actually come in very handy! – Miquella Oct 11 '10 at 22:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:40

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There's a LVS_SINGLESEL style. Just OR that in with the styles you already have.

answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:40

Bill Forster

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:41

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You want LVS_SINGLESEL. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb774739.aspx

answered Oct 11 '10 at 21:41

Nate

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Thanks for the link to the documentation, I swear I looked through that list five different times... Maybe it was the extended styles I was looking through, actually... – Miquella Oct 11 '10 at 22:11

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 29 '20 at 07:23

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If you don't want add any code, just edit the Dialog RC property.

answered Jun 29 '20 at 07:23

Zhang

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Single-select Win32 ListView (Common Controls)

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