ListCtrl Right click

First of all your topic title is a bit confusing :) There is no such thing called List Control. It can be one of following:

1. ListBox control
2. ListView control

If you need t otrack right-clicks within listbox control, you obviously need to subclass the control, but I suggest you use listview control with LVS_REPORT style.

Topics of interest:

my reply : http://www.dev-archive.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396036
reply of Kirants : http://www.dev-archive.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405789

regards

Not necessary to use ListView if ListBox fullfills your requirement.

Actually when right click occurs you might have put subclassed window procedure in a loop and did not let the message forward to default procedure first. You might want to display a context menu probably. So, what I suggest you is, first call actual procedure, and then perform your action, e.g.:

case WM_RBUTTONDOWN: {
CallWindowProc(ActualOldProcedure, hwnd, WM_RBUTTONDOWN, wParam, lParam);
//do your functioning here
}


EDIT : ADDITION

Another way is define custom message, and forward this message to parent window, then operate that message in parent window, e.g.:

#define WM_MYMESSAGE WM_USER+100 / * custom message */

case WM_RBUTTONDOWN: {
PostMessage(GetParent(hwnd), WM_MYMESSAGE,wParam, lParam);
}
WHY PostMessage instead of SendMessage, becuase again the listbox will not gain control of rightClick and select row becuase SendMessage needs a return value from target window.

Then in procedure of parent window:
case WM_MYMESSAGE: {
/* it is custom message from my subclassed listbox */
// do your stuff here
// TIP : LOWORD(lParam) is xmouse, HIWORD(lParam) is ymouse
}

I hope this solves the problem.

regards

Although the subclassed procedure is producing call to old procedure at end, the code I provided cals before function exits, as:

case WM_RBUTTONDOWN: {
CallWindowProc(ActualOldProcedure, hwnd, WM_RBUTTONDOWN, wParam, lParam);
//do your functioning here
}

Another wau is, get item from position, select it, and then do what you want, either show context menu or whatever.

case WM_RBUTTONDOWN: {
//get item index under mouse pointer
short index = (short)SendMessage(hwnd, LB_ITEMFROMPOINT, (WPARAM)0, MAKELONG(LOWORD(lParam), HIWORD(lParam));
//make selection based on index we obtained
SendMessage(hwnd, LB_SETSEL, (WPARAM)TRUE, (LPARAM)index);

// do you stuff here, either show context menu or any possible process
}

If it does nto help, you must have some mistake in project, better is post prototype of project so we can fix it for you.

regards

You are welcomed, I am glad it helped...btw my name is not just Imran, it is Ali Imran ;)

regards