+        self.SetFocus()
+        
+        # post wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT
+        # Event can be vetoed. It doesn't has SetEditCanceled(), what would 
+        # require passing extra argument to CloseEditor() 
+        evt = wx.ListEvent(wx.wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT, self.GetId())
+        evt.m_itemIndex = self.curRow
+        evt.m_col = self.curCol
+        item = self.GetItem(self.curRow, self.curCol)
+        evt.m_item.SetId(item.GetId()) 
+        evt.m_item.SetColumn(item.GetColumn()) 
+        evt.m_item.SetData(item.GetData()) 
+        evt.m_item.SetText(text) #should be empty string if editor was canceled
+        ret = self.GetEventHandler().ProcessEvent(evt)
+        if not ret or evt.IsAllowed():
+            if self.IsVirtual():
+                # replace by whather you use to populate the virtual ListCtrl
+                # data source
+                self.SetVirtualData(self.curRow, self.curCol, text)
+            else:
+                self.SetStringItem(self.curRow, self.curCol, text)
+        self.RefreshItem(self.curRow)
+
+    def _SelectIndex(self, row):
+        listlen = self.GetItemCount()
+        if row < 0 and not listlen:
+            return
+        if row > (listlen-1):
+            row = listlen -1
+            
+        self.SetItemState(self.curRow, ~wx.LIST_STATE_SELECTED,
+                          wx.LIST_STATE_SELECTED)
+        self.EnsureVisible(row)
+        self.SetItemState(row, wx.LIST_STATE_SELECTED,
+                          wx.LIST_STATE_SELECTED)