Detecting column index of the item clicked

// HitTestEx	- Determine the row index and column index for a point
// Returns	- the row index or -1 if point is not over a row
// point	- point to be tested.
// col		- to hold the column index
int CMyListCtrl::HitTestEx(CPoint &point, int *col) const
{
	int colnum = 0;
	int row = HitTest( point, NULL );
	
	if( col ) *col = 0;

	// Make sure that the ListView is in LVS_REPORT
	if( (GetWindowLong(m_hWnd, GWL_STYLE) & LVS_TYPEMASK) != LVS_REPORT )
		return row;

	// Get the top and bottom row visible
	row = GetTopIndex();
	int bottom = row + GetCountPerPage();
	if( bottom > GetItemCount() )
		bottom = GetItemCount();
	
	// Get the number of columns
	CHeaderCtrl* pHeader = (CHeaderCtrl*)GetDlgItem(0);
	int nColumnCount = pHeader->GetItemCount();

	// Loop through the visible rows
	for( ;row <= bottom;row++)
	{
		// Get bounding rect of item and check whether point falls in it.
		CRect rect;
		GetItemRect( row, &rect, LVIR_BOUNDS );
		if( rect.PtInRect(point) )
		{
			// Now find the column
			for( colnum = 0; colnum < nColumnCount; colnum++ )
			{
				int colwidth = GetColumnWidth(colnum);
				if( point.x >= rect.left 
					&& point.x <= (rect.left + colwidth ) )
				{
					if( col ) *col = colnum;
					return row;
				}
				rect.left += colwidth;
			}
		}
	}
	return -1;
}

Date Last Updated: April 3, 1999