Listview Selection Remains Persistent After Exiting Choice Mode

ListView selection remains persistent after exiting choice mode

The main reason for the problem is that once the ListView selection mode is switched to CHOICE_MODE_NONE, the framework optimizes out the clear operation as it is no longer supporting 'selections'. I have improved the above workarounds a bit by clearing the selection state manually and then setting the mode in a delayed manner so the framework will have its turn to clear the state before turning the mode to CHOICE_MODE_NONE.

final ListView lv = getListView();
lv.clearChoices();
for (int i = 0; i < lv.getCount(); i++)
    lv.setItemChecked(i, false);
lv.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        lv.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_NONE);
    }
});

Preserve checked items listview filter

You need to maintain the state of CheckBox manually due to the recycling behaviour of ListView. I had already written a blog for the same explaining how you can manage that.

ListView with CheckBox Scrolling Issue

Mimicking CTRL+Click Multiple Selection in ListView using Javafx

You could handle changing the selection when a user clicks a ListCell yourself instead of using the standard event handling:

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
    ListView<Integer> listView = new ListView<>();
    listView.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(SelectionMode.MULTIPLE);
    listView.getItems().setAll(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);
    listView.addEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, evt -> {
        Node node = evt.getPickResult().getIntersectedNode();

        // go up from the target node until a list cell is found or it's clear
        // it was not a cell that was clicked
        while (node != null && node != listView && !(node instanceof ListCell)) {
            node = node.getParent();
        }

        // if is part of a cell or the cell,
        // handle event instead of using standard handling
        if (node instanceof ListCell) {
            // prevent further handling
            evt.consume();

            ListCell cell = (ListCell) node;
            ListView lv = cell.getListView();

            // focus the listview
            lv.requestFocus();

            if (!cell.isEmpty()) {
                // handle selection for non-empty cells
                int index = cell.getIndex();
                if (cell.isSelected()) {
                    lv.getSelectionModel().clearSelection(index);
                } else {
                    lv.getSelectionModel().select(index);
                }
            }
        }
    });

    Scene scene = new Scene(listView);

    primaryStage.setScene(scene);
    primaryStage.show();
}

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