Scroll TTreeView while dragging over/near the edges
This is the code I use. It will work for any TWinControl
descendent: list box, tree view, list view etc.
type
TAutoScrollTimer = class(TTimer)
private
FControl: TWinControl;
FScrollCount: Integer;
procedure InitialiseTimer;
procedure Timer(Sender: TObject);
public
constructor Create(Control: TWinControl);
end;
{ TAutoScrollTimer }
constructor TAutoScrollTimer.Create(Control: TWinControl);
begin
inherited Create(Control);
FControl := Control;
InitialiseTimer;
end;
procedure TAutoScrollTimer.InitialiseTimer;
begin
FScrollCount := 0;
Interval := 250;
Enabled := True;
OnTimer := Timer;
end;
procedure TAutoScrollTimer.Timer(Sender: TObject);
procedure DoScroll;
var
WindowEdgeTolerance: Integer;
Pos: TPoint;
begin
WindowEdgeTolerance := Min(25, FControl.Height div 4);
GetCursorPos(Pos);
Pos := FControl.ScreenToClient(Pos);
if not InRange(Pos.X, 0, FControl.Width) then begin
exit;
end;
if Pos.Y<WindowEdgeTolerance then begin
SendMessage(FControl.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_LINEUP, 0);
end else if Pos.Y>FControl.Height-WindowEdgeTolerance then begin
SendMessage(FControl.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_LINEDOWN, 0);
end else begin
InitialiseTimer;
exit;
end;
if FScrollCount<50 then begin
inc(FScrollCount);
if FScrollCount mod 5=0 then begin
//speed up the scrolling by reducing the timer interval
Interval := MulDiv(Interval, 3, 4);
end;
end;
if Win32MajorVersion<6 then begin
//in XP we need to clear up transient "fluff"; results in flickering so only do it in XP where it is needed
FControl.Invalidate;
end;
end;
begin
if Mouse.IsDragging then begin
DoScroll;
end else begin
Free;
end;
end;
Then to use it you add an OnStartDrag
event handler for the control and implement it like this:
procedure TMyForm.SomeControlStartDrag(Sender: TObject; var DragObject: TDragObject);
begin
TAutoScrollTimer.Create(Sender as TWinControl);
end;