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

It does not seem that there is a particular way to change ListViewItem styles using Windows Forms.

Sometimes there is no way to change some Win32 control behaviors using managed code. The only way is to do some P/Invoke to modify specific behaviors. I find this really tricky but you have no other choice. I often faced this situation when developing Windows Mobile UIs (justly with ListView).

So I have no direct answer to your question but I am pretty sure that if it is not possible using Windows Forms, you can surely do with P/Invoke. The only clues I can give you:

• Platform Invoke Tutorial
• List View documentation