MFC list control CListCtrl usage demonstration

CListCtrl gets the selected 1 row

POSITION ps = m_list.GetFirstSelectedItemPosition();
int nSel = m_list.GetNextSelectedItem(ps);// The index of the selected row ( based 0 ) 

//  or 
if(m_list.GetSelectedCount() <1)
 return;
int nSel = m_list.GetSelectionMark();

CListCtrl controls remain highlighted when they lose focus

1. Add variable m_nSelItem to header file

int m_nSelItem;

2. Add NM_KILLFOCUS (lose focus) and NM_SETFOCUS (get focus) messages to the ListCtrl control

Add the code manually as follows:

Add a declaration to the header file

[

afx_msg void OnNMKillfocusList(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult);
afx_msg void OnNMSetfocusList(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult);

]

Add the mapping to the source file

[

ON_NOTIFY(NM_KILLFOCUS, IDC_LISTCTRL, OnNMKillfocusList)
ON_NOTIFY(NM_SETFOCUS, IDC_LISTCTRL, OnNMSetfocusList)

]

Add a function to the source file

void CPageListView::OnNMKillfocusList(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)
{
 // TODO:  Add control notification handler code here 
 m_nSelItem = m_ListCtrl.GetSelectionMark();
 m_ListCtrl.SetItemState(m_nSelItem, LVIS_DROPHILITED, LVIS_DROPHILITED);

 *pResult = 0;
}

void CPageListView::OnNMSetfocusList(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)
{
 // TODO:  Add control notification handler code here 
 m_ListCtrl.SetItemState(m_nSelItem, FALSE, LVIF_STATE);

 *pResult = 0;
}

Note: Attribute 1 of Always Show Selection must be set to FALSE