TreeListBox Extended SelectionMode and Drag Drop that adds functionality when holding Ctrl key

Hi Dan,

To restate the issue, you have a TreeListBox with MultiDragKind property set to something other than None, and you have multiple selected items.  Then you hold Ctrl and try and press the mouse button down on an already-selected item to drag all the selected items, but instead of being able to start moving to drag, it is deselecting the item.  Is that the problem behavior you are describing?

It seems like the native WPF ListView control always deselects a selected item when Ctrl is held while pressing the mouse button over the item (same as what TreeListBox currently does), while Windows Explorer's lists will only deselect a selected item when Ctrl is held when releasing the mouse button over an item.  They probably do this for the reason you state.  Is that the behavior change you'd like to see implemented?

I believe your restatement of my issue is correct.

The behavior you describe would be great - it looks like selection is being handled on MouseDown and if it were on MouseUp I think we would be golden, since drag would be handled as part of MouseDown and PointerMoved. Also, if there is a solution I would love to hear if it would be possible without upgrading Actipro for the time being as we're currently blocked due to some implicated UI changes that aren't approved by the company (yet). I appreciate your time!

Hi Dan,

To clarify, any change in behavior would only be made when there multi-select is enabled and you click on an already-selected item.  In that case only, selection changes would be made on mouse up, assuming no drag occurred.  In all other cases, it would still act as it does now with mouse down changing selection.  I think that keeps things consistent with how the Windows Explorer list works.

This would be an internal code change so there's not a way to get it to work in the current version.  End users would need to release the Ctrl key before starting a drag in the current version.

No worries, I may be able to expedite an upgrade and this only helps my case. Your clarification is exactly what we're hoping for. I can communicate this to our design team and hopefully put a pin in the feature since it is minor.

Thank you for your help!

Hi Dan,

We've completed the updates for this.  They will roll into the first v24.1 release.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your prompt responses!