Disable CListCtrl sorting

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Hi,

How can I turn off CListCtrl sorting??

I derived CListCtrl and CHeaderCtrl, in PreSubclassWindow() of new list control class i did something like following to disable list sorting.

C

if(GetHeaderCtrl())
{
   m_headerCtrl.SubclassWindow(GetHeaderCtrl()->m_hWnd);
   m_headerCtrl.ModifyStyle(HDS_BUTTONS, 0);
}

I did set sort property of list control in resource file to "None" and view type to "Report". But when I insert item into list using LV_ITEM struct in my specific order, items are re-sorted.

Did i miss something here in order to disable list control's sorting?

Posted 9-May-11 2:49am

quyps

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Solution 3

I figured it out. In my OnInitDialog() function, i have

DWORD dwStyle = m_lstCtrl.GetExtendedStyle();
dwStyle |= LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT;
m_lstCtrl.ModifyStyle(0, dwStyle | LVS_REPORT);

By commenting out these lines and applying ankitjoshi24's solution,the problem is solved.

But still I dont understand why these lines caused the problem??

Quy

Posted 10-May-11 22:48pm

quyps

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Rajesh R Subramanian 27-Mar-17 23:47pm

This was caused because LVS_REPORT causes a column header to be introduced, which is usually clicked for sorting the corresponding column. Removing that style removed the column header, and the associated (perhaps default?) sorting.

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ankitjoshi24 · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09T05:21:00

Solution 1

I am not sure but may be the following code will help: -

C#

CHeaderCtrl* pHeader = GetListCtrl().GetHeaderCtrl();
if( pHeader!=NULL)
{
            pHeader->ModifyStyle(HDS_BUTTONS, 0);    // disable the sorting.
}

Hope this helps. Let me know if it worked

--
AJ

Posted 9-May-11 5:21am

ankitjoshi24

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quyps 11-May-11 0:05am

Thanks, i place those lines in OnInitDialog() of the list control's container, but it doesnt work. The list's items are still sorted in descending order.

ankitjoshi24 11-May-11 10:16am

Did you keep the default sorting of the list as descending? Try doing one thing, try to enter a random data. And then check if the list is gets sorts again or is the new data somewhere either at the start of at the end.