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Allowing items to be edited

A list view control has to have the LVS_EDITLABELS style for it to be editable. This style can be set when creating the control or even later by using ModifyStyle(). Once we have set the LVS_EDITLABELS style, the user can set focus on an item and click on it again to begin editing the item. […]

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A list view control has to have the LVS_EDITLABELS style


for it to be editable. This style can be set when creating the control


or even later by using ModifyStyle(). Once we have


set the LVS_EDITLABELS style, the user can set focus on an item and click


on it again to begin editing the item. However, the default behaviour of


the control ignores the changes once the edit is complete. To allow the


edit changes to be accepted, we have to add a handler to the LVN_ENDLABELEDIT


notification. Here is a sample of a reflected message handler (e.i. the


message is handled by the list view control itself, rather than the parent


window).

void CMyListCtrl::OnEndLabelEdit(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
{
        *pResult = TRUE;
}

If we set *pLResult to FALSE, the changes are ignored. Allowing edits of
sub items are not directly supported by the control but can be easily implemented.
It is covered in a different section.

 

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