EditLabel

Put a label in a ListView or TreeView control into edit mode.

To enable editing of a label in a

Use

ListView control

Syntax 1 For editing a label in a ListView

TreeView control

Syntax 2 For editing a label in a TreeView


Syntax 1 For editing a label in a ListView

Description

Puts a label in a ListView into edit mode.

Applies to

ListView controls

Syntax

listviewname.EditLabel ( index )

Argument

Description

listviewname

The ListView control in which you want to enable label editing

index

The index of the ListView item to be edited

Returns

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

The EditLabels property for the ListView must be set to true to enable editing of labels. When this property is true, calling the EditLabel function sets focus on the item and enables editing. To disable editing when the user has finished editing the label, set the EditLabels property to false in the EndLabelEdit event.

If the EditLabels property is set to false, the EditLabel function does not enable editing.

Examples

Example 1

This example allows the user to edit the label of the first selected item in the ListView control lv_1:

integer li_selected
li_selected = lv_1.SelectedIndex()
lv_1.EditLabels = TRUE
lv_1.EditLabel(li_selected)

See also


Syntax 2 For editing a label in a TreeView

Description

Puts a label in a TreeView into edit mode.

Applies to

TreeView controls

Syntax

treeviewname.EditLabel ( itemhandle )

Argument

Description

treeviewname

The TreeView control in which you want to enable label editing

itemhandle

The handle of the item to be edited

Returns

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

The EditLabels property for the TreeView must be set to true to enable editing of labels. When this property is true, calling the EditLabel function sets focus on the item and enables editing. To disable editing when the user has finished editing the label, set the EditLabels property to false in the EndLabelEdit event.

If the EditLabels property is set to false, the EditLabel function does not enable editing.

Examples

Example 2

This example allows the user to edit the label of the current TreeView item:

long ll_tvi

ll_tvi = tv_list.FindItem(CurrentTreeItem!, 0)

tv_list.EditLabels = TRUE

tv_list.EditLabel(ll_tvi)

See also

FindItem