enable/disable buttons based on ListView selection

Hello,

I have a form that contains a listview on the left side and a column of buttons on the right side. Only some of the buttons do I want enabled all the time. The other buttons should be enabled only if something is selected in the listview. That part specifically works but not very well. It seems that I can only get the buttons to disable if I click off the text of the items in the listview but still within about 10-20 pixels of the text. If I click way off to the right where there is still whitespace then I guess it isn't considered a click on the listview and no event is generated to disable the buttons.

In Java, clicking anywhere on a row in a list would register as an event on the list item but it seems with C# the boundary for what is considered the list item seems to be very small (and definitely doesn't extend across the entire width of the listview). By the way, I only have 1 column in the listview and I'm using the list view type (as opposed to details or large icons) if that matters. Any tips?

thanks
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