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I can select items in a ListView with a click or with the arrow keys using CListCtrl but I want the first item to be selected when the prog loads ....how do I accomlish this? I've tried SetFocus() and other functions but I have not gotten it to work.
Any ideas?
Bump!
Does anyone have any idea?
Ok, I have the item selected as I wanted and now only the blue color is missing ....talking to myself here =P
try using CListCtrl::SetHotItem()
Thx, I haven't tried that one, I'll check it out.
SetHotItem() turns the text blue, what I'm really looking for is the blue rectangle u get when you use the arrow keys or u click on a item, this is what happens in explorer for instance.
But I want it straight away without clicking or pressing a key =P.
Anyway, it may be that I have to "paint" the area after Ive made the call to SetItemState()
thx anyway
Why didn't they just write a SetSelectedItem() function?
The SetHotItem() will become useful for other things so thx again
Use CListCtrl::SetItemState, passing LVIS_SELECTED for both state and mask.
Drats, Esss! You beat me to it! :p
actually, I was gonna give him an API way (God forbid someone ever use the actual API...:) ), then I realized that he was using MFC so I had to edit the post...so...wahoo!
Thx, perfect.
I was using LVIS_SELECTED only for the mask, now when I initialize state with it also everything works just like I wanted.
to KEN:
I don't use MFC in particular, it's all WIN32 API anyway.
It depends on the program I want to make, if I make games I use straight WIN32API but if I do certain Window progs I use MFC.
And Ken, share your ideas while you're at it. I doubt the particular function SetItemState() is very different in the API though =P as one uses the LV_ITEM struct already which is not wrapped in MFC, but different perspectives and ideas NEVER hurt =).
Isn't it funny that you almost never find these special little details in books or documentations?
I was gonna say use SendMessage()