Skipping / Disabling node in VirtualTreeView

Question

I have 5 nodes in my VirtualStringTree:

Node #4 has no caption and should be skipped when the user presses VK_DOWN or VK_UP.

It should also not get selected when the user clicks on it.

I wrote this code (that works) to skip said node when using the keyboard:

if Key = VK_DOWN then
begin
  node := VirtualTree.GetNext(VirtualTree.FocusedNode);
  if not Assigned(node) then Exit;

  data := VirtualTree.GetNodeData(node);
  if data^.Caption = '' then
  begin
    VirtualTree.GetNext(node);
    VirtualTree.FocusedNode := node;
    VirtualTree.Selected[node] := true;
  end;
end
else if Key = VK_UP then
begin
  node := VirtualTree.GetPrevious(VirtualTree.FocusedNode);
  if not Assigned(node) then Exit;

  data := VirtualTree.GetNodeData(node);
  if data^.Caption = '' then
  begin
    VirtualTree.GetPrevious(node);
    VirtualTree.FocusedNode := node;
    VirtualTree.Selected[node] := true;
  end;
end;

The problem is that the node still gets focused by clicking on it.

I tried disabling the node VirtualTree.IsDisabled[node] := true; - but no luck.

Anyone knows a way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Handle the OnFocusChanging event and return False to the Allowed parameter for the node of your choice.