... because this code works only if there is some control at clicked position. tableLayoutPanel1.GetChildAtPoint(p) ... would return null without the full docked control at the background.

Hi Aref, Thanks for such a detailed response. It looks to me like you need to buy some third party software for this. Developing this yourself would be a very large task (you would probably need a team of developers to realise this sort of project in a reasonable time). I'm sure there are applications out there which will do this (I have come across Delphi applications(which you mention)). All I can say is, unless anyone else on this forum is able to give you some direction, google and you should find developer tools/applications addons that will do this. Sorry I could not be of more help. Good luck. Guy You always pass failure on the way to success.

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Mav is dead on with his response. In order to do this, you'd have to roll your own ListView and ListViewItem classes to expose this kind of functionality. If you don't want to do that, you could always just remove the disabled items from the ListView. You really should read up on Windows GUI design guide. In there, it'll tell you why what you're doing is a bad idea. Something about a "consistant user experience". A ListView control is expected to provide a list of valid and selectable items. Turning off some items is an unexpected behavior for the control, thereby leading to confusion about how the control really works. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007