If I take a virtual TListView
and try to drag items (Accept:= True
always) the "hot tracking" system looks corrupted. In win 7 the hot item remains near the selected item, while in win 8.1 it remains fixed at random positions.
I recorded this behavior to better understand what I mean:
Here is the recording from win 7
Here is the recording from win 8.1
And this is the minimal code to reproduce the problem:
.dfm
object Form1: TForm1
Left = 0
Top = 0
Caption = 'Form1'
ClientHeight = 378
ClientWidth = 398
Color = clBtnFace
DoubleBuffered = True
Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
Font.Color = clWindowText
Font.Height = -11
Font.Name = 'Tahoma'
Font.Style = []
OldCreateOrder = False
Position = poScreenCenter
OnCreate = FormCreate
PixelsPerInch = 96
TextHeight = 13
object ListView1: TListView
Left = 78
Top = 40
Width = 221
Height = 286
Columns = <
item
Width = 130
end>
DragMode = dmAutomatic
MultiSelect = True
OwnerData = True
ReadOnly = True
RowSelect = True
TabOrder = 0
ViewStyle = vsReport
OnData = ListView1Data
OnDragOver = ListView1DragOver
end
end
.pas
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
Dialogs, ComCtrls;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
ListView1: TListView;
procedure ListView1Data(Sender: TObject; Item: TListItem);
procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
procedure ListView1DragOver(Sender, Source: TObject; X, Y: Integer;
State: TDragState; var Accept: Boolean);
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
ListView1.Items.Count:= 10;
end;
procedure TForm1.ListView1Data(Sender: TObject; Item: TListItem);
begin
Item.Caption:= 'Item '+IntToStr(Item.Index);
end;
procedure TForm1.ListView1DragOver(Sender, Source: TObject; X, Y: Integer;
State: TDragState; var Accept: Boolean);
begin
Accept:= True;
end;
end.
Of course, the question is, if anything can be done to correct this behavior ?
Edit:
I tried to implement my own tracking system, and it seems it's working but with a little exception: the uppermost item under the cursor remains always selected...
function TListView.GetItemIndexAt(X, Y: Integer): Integer;
var Info: TLVHitTestInfo;
begin
Result:= -1;
if HandleAllocated then begin
Info.pt:= Point(X, Y);
Result:= ListView_HitTest(Handle, Info);
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.ListView1DragOver(Sender, Source: TObject; X, Y: Integer;
State: TDragState; var Accept: Boolean);
var Src, Dest, I: Integer;
begin
Accept:= True;
Src:= ListView1.Selected.Index;
Dest:= ListView1.GetItemIndexAt(X, Y);
for I:= 0 to ListView1.Items.Count-1 do
if (I = Src) or (I = Dest) then ListView1.Items[I].Selected:= True
else ListView1.Items[I].Selected:= False;
end;
I've resolved the issue by resetting the LVIS_DROPHILITED state of all items and setting this state to the just dragged over item:
type
TListView = class(ComCtrls.TListView)
protected
procedure DragOver(Source: TObject; X, Y: Integer; State: TDragState; var Accept: Boolean); override;
procedure DoEndDrag(Target: TObject; X, Y: Integer); override;
public
function GetItemIndexAt(X, Y: Integer): Integer;
end;
function TListView.GetItemIndexAt(X, Y: Integer): Integer;
var
HitInfo: TLVHitTestInfo;
begin
Result := -1;
if HandleAllocated then
begin
HitInfo.pt := Point(X, Y);
Result := ListView_HitTest(Handle, HitInfo);
end;
end;
procedure TListView.DragOver(Source: TObject; X, Y: Integer; State: TDragState; var Accept: Boolean);
var
DropIndex: Integer;
begin
inherited;
if OwnerData then
begin
ListView_SetItemState(Handle, -1, 0, LVIS_DROPHILITED);
if Accept then
begin
DropIndex := GetItemIndexAt(X, Y);
if DropIndex <> -1 then
ListView_SetItemState(Handle, DropIndex, LVIS_DROPHILITED, LVIS_DROPHILITED);
end;
end;
end;
procedure TListView.DoEndDrag(Target: TObject; X, Y: Integer);
begin
if OwnerData then
ListView_SetItemState(Handle, -1, 0, LVIS_DROPHILITED);
inherited;
end;