class ListViewNF : System.Windows.Forms.ListView { public ListViewNF() { //Activate double buffering this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer | ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint, true); //Enable the OnNotifyMessage event so we get a chance to filter out // Windows messages before they get to the form's WndProc this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.EnableNotifyMessage, true); } protected override void OnNotifyMessage(Message m) { //Filter out the WM_ERASEBKGND message if(m.Msg != 0x14) { base.OnNotifyMessage(m); } } }