Unselect listview item when hovering in listview background - vb.net

Question

I am needing some help with a listview control that uses large icon view. I have icons in my listview control that when I hover over them, it displays a custom tooltip (not the in-built listview tooltip).
My problem is that when I hover into the background of the listview, it doesn't de-select the selected item. I would also like to cut the tooltip short (if possible) so if the tooltip is meant to be visible for 5 seconds and someone hovers into the background of the listview before this time, then the item deselects and the tooltip disappears.
My code currently looks like this:
Private Sub lsvStores_ItemMouseHover(sender As Object, e As ListViewItemMouseHoverEventArgs) Handles lsvStores.ItemMouseHover
Dim storeID As String = e.Item.Name
ShowStoreDetailsTooltip(storeID, sender, e.Item.Position.X, e.Item.Position.Y - 80)
End Sub
Private Sub lsvStores_MouseHover(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles lsvStores.MouseHover
lsvStores.SelectedItems.Clear()
End Sub
Private Sub ShowStoreDetailsTooltip(ByVal Code As String, ByVal Obj As Control, ByVal XPos As
ttpStoreDetails.ToolTipTitle = StoreName
ttpStoreDetails.IsBalloon = True
ttpStoreDetails.Show(String.Empty, Obj, 0)
ttpStoreDetails.Show(tmpString, Obj, XPos, YPos, 5000)
End Sub
Any help appreciated thanks.

Answer 1

Using some code from this answer, we can get the item currently under the mouse cursor using ListView.GetItemAt(), then see if it's Nothing. If it is, then you'll do whatever you need to to make your Tooltip disappear.
Private _item As ListViewItem = Nothing
Private Sub lsvStores_MouseMove(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lsvStores.MouseMove
Dim item As ListViewItem = lsvStores.GetItemAt(e.X, e.Y)
If item Is Nothing Then
If _item IsNot Nothing Then
_item.Selected = False
End If
_item = Nothing
ttpStoreDetails.Hide(sender)
End If
End Sub