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Is there a way to show which column a listview is being sorted by (and its direction) with an arrow in the column header like in Windows Explorer?

It can get a bit confusing trying to remember which column you last sorted a listview by sometimes.

I suppose it's possible to overlay an image to indicate the direction, but that's rather messy.

If you really wanted it, rather than trying to overlay images (which as you said, could get rather messy, since columns can be resized and all...) anyways, you could use LV_ModifyCol(ColumnNum,Options,New Title) and change it to things like:

File Name v
File Name ^

Size v
Size ^

to represent which one is sorted and which direction.

Just a thought

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Thanks Veovis, that'll probably be sufficient (although not as good as the proper arrows of course) and it's certainly "nicer" than trying to overlay a graphic.

You could try LV_ModifyCol with the the Icon and/or IconRight options.

Having built-in sort-direction arrows was originally planned but deferred due to code complexity. It may still happen someday, but until then, I think shimanov's suggestion above is the best if you want genuine arrow icons.

Use ascii character 24 (↑) or 25 (↓).

They look nicer than ^ e.g.

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I've been trying to figure out if it's possible to show a small icon in the listview header while displaying large icons in the rest of the listview. It seems that the listview always uses the most recently attached image list and it isn't possible to make proper use of the 2 image lists.

I constructed the following code, which displays correctly until the window is redrawn by an event such as minimizing the window or clicking on the header. Is there a proper work-around?

Good question; this is beyond the limits of my current ListView knowledge. Maybe if you prowl around MSDN a while, or hopefully there is ListView expert who will soon read this and give advice.