Select Entire Row In ListView

Preparations

Add 1 ListView Control to your form.

Module Code

Const LVM_FIRST = &H1000
Const LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE = LVM_FIRST + 54
Const LVM_GETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE = LVM_FIRST + 55
Const LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT = &H20
Declare Function SendMessageLong Lib "user32" Alias _
  "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, _
  ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
 
Public Sub LVFullRowSelect(lstvw As ListView)
   Dim rs As Long
   Dim r As Long
   rs = SendMessageLong(lstvw.hwnd, LVM_GETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE, 0&, 0&)
   rs = rs Or LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT
   r = SendMessageLong(lstvw.hwnd, LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE, 0&, rs)
End Sub
Form Code

Private Sub Form_Load()
'the code below add some items to the ListView
  ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Col1"
  ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Col2"
  Dim itmx As ListItem
  Set itmx = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , "Hello")
  itmx.SubItems(1) = "World"
  ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Col1"
  ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Col2"
  Set itmx = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , "Hello")
  itmx.SubItems(1) = "World"
  ListView1.View = lvwReport
'Trigger the select entire row function
  LVFullRowSelect ListView1
End Sub
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