MFC CListCtrl - how to move item text to the left - c++

Question

I'm trying to implement single-column CListCtrl (or CMFCListCtrl, doesn't matter) in a way, that some rows might have checkboxes and some might not (I don't want to use neither CListBox, nor CCheckListBox, because in the future I'm planning to use multiple columns). I'm using LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES style, but that forces every item to have a checkbox. Then I manually delete the checkbox with a custom draw handler, but then I'm having trouble moving the item's text to the left side so that it takes place of the erased checkbox.
This is what my list control looks like:
But I need it to look like this (item2 is aligned to the left border, taking place of the erased checkbox):
I create my list control dynamically like this:
list->Create(WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | LVS_REPORT | LVS_NOCOLUMNHEADER
rect, this, SOME_ID);
list->SetExtendedStyle(list->GetExtendedStyle() | LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES);
And my custom draw handler function looks like this:
I create my list control dynamically like this:
void MyCListCtrl::OnCustomDraw(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
{
*pResult = CDRF_DODEFAULT;
LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW lpn = (LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW)pNMHDR;
if (CDDS_PREPAINT == lpn->nmcd.dwDrawStage)
{
*pResult = CDRF_NOTIFYITEMDRAW; // get notification for every row (item)
}
else if (CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT == lpn->nmcd.dwDrawStage)
{
int row = lpn->nmcd.dwItemSpec;
if (row == 1) { // we are in the first row (item2)
lpn->nmcd.rc.left -= 20; // doesn't do anything
lpn->rcText.left -= 20; // doesn't do anything
// this erases checkbox from the current row
SetItemState(row, INDEXTOSTATEIMAGEMASK(0), LVIS_STATEIMAGEMASK);
}
}
}
Is there any way to achieve the desired result? Am I doing it the right way, or is it better to use CListCtrl without the LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES and draw the checkboxes myself where I want to? If so, how? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You could try indentation with minus value (I didn't tried though):
LV_ITEM lvItem;
lvItem.iItem = nYourItem;
lvItem.iSubItem = 0;
lvItem.mask = LVIF_INDENT;
lvItem.iIndent = -1;
VERIFY(SetItem(&lvItem));

Answer 2

If it would be an option for you, why don't you just leave it as it is?
The first version looks much more uncluttered, anyway.
The second version breaks guidance of the eyes.