dragDrop from listview to userControl in drop location

Yes, it's possible, using standard techniques, to detect a 'Drop of any type of Object on the surface of a UserControl, and it's possible to detect the Type of the Object dropped:

private void YourUserControl1_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Data.GetFormats().Contains("System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem"))
    {
        ListViewItem droppedLVItem = e.Data.GetData(typeof (ListViewItem)) as ListViewItem;
        // make a copy ?
        ListViewItem clonedItem = (ListViewItem) droppedLVItem.Clone();

        // Now what ?
    }
}

private void YourUserControl1_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move;
}

So: let's say you detect a drop of a ListViewItem at position 100,200 in your UserControl, and there's no Control at that location that could "swallow" the drop (like another ListView): what do you want to show/create in the UserControl at that point ?

A ListViewItem is not a Control: you can't add it to the UserControl's Control Collection.

So, what do you want to do: construct some new user-interface object, and put some representation of the ListViewItem's data into, or on, it ?

Or, do you wish to use the ListViewItem's data to make changes in your UserControl's other Controls, or data-structures ?

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