Move an item up or down in a list box

Question

I have a CListBox, and I want to have a Move Up/Move Down buttons, which move the currently selected item up or down.

Right now I think the only solution is to delete the item and then insert it the new position.

Is there a more efficient way to do it?

Answer 1

Here is a snippet I made 10 years ago. It uses delete and add to switch positions, but I think that's the only way.

void CKnoepfeDlg::OnDown() 
{
    int item = m_list.GetNextItem(-1,LVNI_SELECTED);
    if(item == -1) 
        return;

    if(item < m_list.GetItemCount() - 1)
    {
        CString name,befehl;
        name = m_list.GetItemText(item,0);
        befehl = m_list.GetItemText(item,1);
        m_list.DeleteItem(item);
        m_list.InsertItem(item + 1,name);
        m_list.SetItemText(item + 1,1,befehl);
        m_list.SetItemState(item + 1,LVNI_SELECTED,LVIS_SELECTED);
    }
}