Question

I have a ListView with checkboxes:

        listView1.View = View.Details;
        listView1.CheckBoxes = true;

        ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem("ONE");
        ListViewItem item2 = new ListViewItem("TWO");
        ListViewItem item3 = new ListViewItem("THREE");

        listView1.Items.Add(item1);
        listView1.Items.Add(item2);
        listView1.Items.Add(item3);

I would like to disable only the second checkbox, is it possible?

Answer 1

I think you can do that with owner drawing using the DrawItem event. In the event handler, draw a rectangle filled with SystemColors.Window over the check box to hide it.

I have also implemented check box hiding in 3rd party control Better ListView Express. Items have a boolean property named AllowShowCheckBox which you can set to false on every item separately. It also supports three-state check boxes.