Hi Ferdinand,
I'm sure there are other ways, but the first thing that entered my mind is
ownerdrawing the text and hiding the real text by putting some character
as a prefix, thereby preventing a match on a key press. It may affect
sorting, and it is probably far more elaborate to achieve than worthwhile.
The code below is written for a ListView with OwnerDraw set to true, and
with the items "One", "Two", "_Three", "Four".
The underscore indicates makes sure Three won't be selected if you type T,
even though it looks like you should be able to as the DrawItem event
removes the _ before drawing the text.
private void listView1_DrawItem(object sender,
DrawListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
string text = e.Item.Text;
if(text.StartsWith("_"))
text = text.Substring(1);
if ((e.State & ListViewItemStates.Focused) > 0)
{
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(SystemBrushes.Highlight,
e.Bounds);
e.Graphics.DrawString(text, listView1.Font,
SystemBrushes.HighlightText, e.Bounds.Left, e.Bounds.Top);
}
else
{
e.Graphics.DrawString(text, listView1.Font,
SystemBrushes.ControlText, e.Bounds.Left, e.Bounds.Top);
}
}
