Q299591: BUG: Item Is Not Highlighted in a FullRowSelect ListView Control

Article: Q299591
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbListView kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB _IK
Last Modified: 19-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you select a row in a ListView control that has the FullRowSelect property
set to True, right-aligned columns that do not contain any data are not
highlighted.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, add data to the empty column. If you add a space
character to the column, it is highlighted when selected.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. On the Project menu, select Components, select the Microsoft Windows Common
  Controls 6.0 library check box, and then click OK.

3. Add a ListView control to Form1.

4. Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1:

  Option Explicit

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      Dim i As Integer
      Dim o As Object

      ListView1.View = lvwReport
      ListView1.FullRowSelect = True

      For i = 1 To 2
          ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Column " & i
      Next i

      ' Set the alignment of column two to the right.
      ListView1.ColumnHeaders(2).Alignment = lvwColumnRight

      Set o = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , "Item1")
      
      ' Place a blank space in column two of row two.
      Set o = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , "Item2")
      o.ListSubItems.Add , , " "
  End Sub

5. Press the F5 key to run the program. Notice that when you select row one in
  the ListView control, column two is not highlighted. However, when you select
  row two, column two is highlighted because it contains a space.

Additional query words: field listitem

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Keywords          : kbCmnCtrls kbCtrl kbListView kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB _IK 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : :5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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