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List-View Controls Messages

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The following table shows the list-view controls messages, with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element Description

LVM_APPROXIMATEVIEWRECT

This message calculates the approximate width and height required to display a specified number of items.

LVM_ARRANGE

This message arranges items in icon view.

LVM_CREATEDRAGIMAGE

This message creates a drag image list for the specified item.

LVM_DELETEALLITEMS

This message removes all items from a list-view control.

LVM_DELETECOLUMN

This message removes a column from a list-view control.

LVM_DELETEITEM

This message removes an item from a list-view control.

LVM_EDITLABEL

This message begins in-place editing of the specified list-view item's text.

LVM_ENABLEGROUPVIEW

This message determines whether the items in a list-view control are displayed as a group.

LVM_ENSUREVISIBLE

This message ensures that a list-view item is entirely or at least partially visible, scrolling the list-view control if necessary.

LVM_FINDITEM

This message searches for a list-view item with the specified characteristics.

LVM_GETBKCOLOR

This message retrieves the background color of a list-view control.

LVM_GETBKIMAGE

This message retrieves the background image in a list-view control.

LVM_GETCALLBACKMASK

This message retrieves the callback mask for a list-view control.

LVM_GETCOLUMN

This message retrieves the attributes of a list-view control column.

LVM_GETCOLUMNORDERARRAY

This message retrieves the current left-to-right order of columns in a list-view control.

LVM_GETCOLUMNWIDTH

This message retrieves the width of a column in report or list view.

LVM_GETCOUNTPERPAGE

This message calculates the number of items that can fit vertically in the visible area of a list-view control when in list or report view.

LVM_GETEDITCONTROL

This message retrieves the handle of the edit control being used to edit a list-view item's text.

LVM_GETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE

This message retrieves the extended styles that are currently in use for a specified list-view control.

LVM_GETGROUPCOUNT

This message gets the number of available groups for the list-view control.

LVM_GETGROUPINFO

This message retrieves group information.

LVM_GETGROUPINFOBYINDEX

This message gets the list-view group's information. This information is based on the group index.

LVM_GETGROUPMETRICS

This message retrieves the metrics of a group.

LVM_GETHEADER

This message retrieves the handle to the header control used by the list-view control.

LVM_GETIMAGELIST

This message retrieves the handle of an image list used for drawing list-view items.

LVM_GETISEARCHSTRING

This message retrieves the incremental search string of a list-view control.

LVM_GETITEM

This message retrieves some or all of a list-view item's attributes.

LVM_GETITEMCOUNT

This message retrieves the number of items in a list-view control.

LVM_GETITEMPOSITION

This message retrieves the position of a list-view item.

LVM_GETITEMRECT

This message retrieves the bounding rectangle for all or part of an item in the current view.

LVM_GETITEMSPACING

This message determines the spacing between items in a list-view control.

LVM_GETITEMSTATE

This message retrieves the state of a list-view item.

LVM_GETITEMTEXT

This message retrieves the text of a list-view item or subitem.

LVM_GETNEXTITEM

This message searches for a list-view item that has the specified properties and bears the specified relationship to a specified item.

LVM_GETNUMBEROFWORKAREAS

This message retrieves the number of list-view working areas in a list-view control.

LVM_GETORIGIN

This message retrieves the current view origin for a list-view control.

LVM_GETSELECTEDCOUNT

This message determines the number of selected items in a list-view control.

LVM_GETSELECTIONMARK

This message retrieves the selection mark from a list-view control.

LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH

This message determines the width of a specified string, using the specified list-view control's current font.

LVM_GETSUBITEMRECT

This message retrieves data about the bounding rectangle for a subitem in a list-view control.

LVM_GETTEXTBKCOLOR

This message retrieves the text background color of a list-view control.

LVM_GETTEXTCOLOR

This message retrieves the text color of a list-view control.

LVM_GETTOOLTIPS

This message retrieves the ToolTip control that the list-view control uses to display ToolTips.

LVM_GETTOPINDEX

This message retrieves the index of the topmost visible item when in list or report view.

LVM_GETVIEWRECT

This message retrieves the bounding rectangle of all items in the list-view control.

LVM_GETWORKAREAS

This message retrieves the working areas from a list-view control.

LVM_HASGROUP

This message determines whether the list-view control has a specified group.

LVM_HITTEST

This message determines which list-view item, if any, is at a specified position.

LVM_INSERTCOLUMN

This message inserts a new column in a list-view control.

LVM_INSERTGROUP

This message inserts a group into a list-view control.

LVM_INSERTGROUPSORTED

This message inserts a group into an ordered list of groups.

LVM_INSERTITEM

This message inserts a new item in a list-view control.

LVM_ISGROUPVIEWENABLED

This message checks whether the list-view control has group view enabled.

LVM_MAPIDTOINDEX

This message maps the identifier (ID) of an item to an index.

LVM_MAPINDEXTOID

This message maps the index of an item to a unique identifier (ID).

LVM_MOVEGROUP

This message moves the group to the specified zero based index.

LVM_MOVEITEMTOGROUP

This message moves an item specified by an index into a group.

LVM_REDRAWITEMS

This message forces a list-view control to redraw a range of items.

LVM_REMOVEALLGROUPS

This message removes all groups from a list-view control.

LVM_REMOVEGROUP

This message removes a group from a list-view control.

LVM_SCROLL

This message scrolls the content of a list-view control.

LVM_SETBKCOLOR

This message sets the background color of a list-view control.

LVM_SETBKIMAGE

This message sets the background image in a list-view control.

LVM_SETCALLBACKMASK

This message sets the callback mask for a list-view control.

LVM_SETCOLUMN

This message sets the attributes of a list-view column.

LVM_SETCOLUMNORDERARRAY

This message sets the left-to-right order of columns in a list-view control.

LVM_SETCOLUMNWIDTH

This message changes the width of a column in report or list view.

LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE

This message sets extended styles in list-view controls.

LVM_SETGROUPINFO

This message sets group information.

LVM_SETGROUPMETRICS

This message sets the metrics of a group.

LVM_SETICONSPACING

This message sets the spacing between icons in list-view controls that have the LVS_ICON style.

LVM_SETIMAGELIST

This message assigns a new image list to a list-view control.

LVM_SETINFOTIP

This message sets the ToolTip text.

LVM_SETITEM

This message sets some or all of a list-view item's attributes.

LVM_SETITEMCOUNT

This message prepares a list-view control for adding a large number of items.

LVM_SETITEMPOSITION

This message moves an item to a specified position in a list-view control, which must be in icon or small icon view.

LVM_SETITEMPOSITION32

This message moves an item to a specified position in a list-view control, which must be in icon or small icon view.

LVM_SETITEMSTATE

This message changes the state of an item in a list-view control.

LVM_SETITEMTEXT

This message changes the text of a list-view item or subitem.

LVM_SETSELECTIONMARK

This message sets the selection mark in a list-view control.

LVM_SORTGROUPS

This message uses an application-defined comparison function to sort groups by ID within a list-view control.

LVM_SETTEXTBKCOLOR

This message sets the background color of text in a list-view control.

LVM_SETTEXTCOLOR

This message sets the text color of a list-view control.

LVM_SETTOOLTIPS

This message sets the ToolTip control that the list-view control will use to display ToolTips.

LVM_SETWORKAREAS

This message sets the working areas within a list-view control.

LVM_SORTITEMS

This message sorts list-view items using an application-defined comparison function.

LVM_SUBITEMHITTEST

This message determines which list-view item or subitem is at a specified position.

LVM_UPDATE

This message updates a list-view item.

See Also

Reference

List-View Controls Reference