Use a contextmenustrip with a checkedlistbox - not the items in the list but the checkedlistbox itself

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I am having trouble getting my contextmenustrip to give me the results I want.

I want to be able to disable/enable my checkedlistboxes as required. The problem I am having is that I cant get my contextmenustrip to work with the listbox itself, for it to become the focus of the control I have to click an item which then highlights it and checks the box (I definately do not want this)

The other problem is that when the listbox is disabled it wont allow me to re-enable it using the contextmenustrip.

Also, if someone could tell me how to stop the items from highlighting in my checkedlistbox I would very much appreciate it - even if you uncheck an item it still remains highlighted which is extremely annoying.

What I have tried:

VB.NET

Private Sub MarkCrewInactiveToolStripMenuItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MarkCrewInactiveToolStripMenuItem.Click
        If TypeOf Me.ActiveControl Is CheckedListBox Then
            Dim objControl As CheckedListBox = Me.ActiveControl
            ActiveControl.BackColor = SystemColors.ActiveBorder
            ActiveControl.Enabled = False
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub MarkCrewActiveToolStripMenuItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MarkCrewActiveToolStripMenuItem.Click
        If TypeOf Me.ActiveControl Is CheckedListBox Then
            Dim objControl As CheckedListBox = Me.ActiveControl
            ActiveControl.BackColor = SystemColors.Window
            ActiveControl.Enabled = True
        End If

    End Sub

Posted 16-May-17 6:22am

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Updated 22-May-17 11:38am

Maciej Los

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Maciej Los 22-May-17 17:18pm

When some piece of code is used more than once, you have to move them into another subroutine (with or without parameters). Take a look at your code, the only differ is in BackColor and state of Enabled property.

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-22T11:38:00

Please, read my comment to the question first. I've mentioned there about good programming practice. So, your code can be changed to: