CheckedListBox Control - Only checking the checkbox when the actual checkbox is clicked

I know this thread's a bit old, but I don't think it's a problem to offer another solution:

private void checkedListBox1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if ((e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) & (e.X > 13))
    {
        this.checkedListBox1.SetItemChecked(this.checkedListBox1.SelectedIndex, !this.checkedListBox1.GetItemChecked(this.checkedListBox1.SelectedIndex));
    }
}

(With the value of CheckOnClick = True).

You could use that thingy with the rectangle, but why make it more complex the it needs to.

Well, it is quite ugly, but you could calculate mouse hit coordinates against rectangles of items by hooking on CheckedListBox.MouseDown and CheckedListBox.ItemCheck like the following

/// <summary>
/// In order to control itemcheck changes (blinds double clicking, among other things)
/// </summary>
bool AuthorizeCheck { get; set; }

private void checkedListBox1_ItemCheck(object sender, ItemCheckEventArgs e)
{
    if(!AuthorizeCheck)
        e.NewValue = e.CurrentValue; //check state change was not through authorized actions
}

private void checkedListBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    Point loc = this.checkedListBox1.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
    for (int i = 0; i < this.checkedListBox1.Items.Count; i++)
    {
        Rectangle rec = this.checkedListBox1.GetItemRectangle(i);
        rec.Width = 16; //checkbox itself has a default width of about 16 pixels

        if (rec.Contains(loc))
        {
            AuthorizeCheck = true;
            bool newValue = !this.checkedListBox1.GetItemChecked(i);
            this.checkedListBox1.SetItemChecked(i, newValue);//check 
            AuthorizeCheck = false;

            return;
        }
    }
}

Another solution is to simply use a Treeview.
Set CheckBoxes to true, ShowLines to false, and ShowPlusMinus to false and you have basically the same thing as a CheckedListBox. The items are only checked when the actual CheckBox is clicked.

The CheckedListBox is much more simplistic, but the TreeView offers a lot of options that can potentially be better suited for your program.