How can I remove the selection border on a ListViewItem

Question

I\'m using SetWindowTheme and SendMessage to make a .net listview look like a vista style listview, but the .net control still has a dotted selection border around the selec

Answer 1

Doing this the NON P/Invoke way...

Override your ListView control and add the following:

protected override void OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnSelectedIndexChanged(e);
    Message m = Message.Create(this.Handle, 0x127, new IntPtr(0x10001), new IntPtr(0));
    this.WndProc(ref m);
}

protected override void OnEnter(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnEnter(e);
    Message m = Message.Create(this.Handle, 0x127, new IntPtr(0x10001), new IntPtr(0));
    this.WndProc(ref m);
}