diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index 5e50b0a00e..6fcba0cf83 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool HasDefaultCompare() const { return false; }
 
     // internal
-    virtual bool IsIndexListModel() const { return false; }
+    virtual bool IsVirtualListModel() const { return false; }
 
 protected:
     // the user should not delete this class directly: he should use DecRef() instead!
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public:
     virtual unsigned int GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const;
 
     // internal
-    virtual bool IsIndexListModel() const { return true; }
+    virtual bool IsVirtualListModel() const { return false; }
     unsigned int GetLastIndex() const { return m_lastIndex; }
 
 private:
@@ -294,6 +294,71 @@ private:
     bool m_useHash;
 };
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+// wxDataViewVirtualListModel
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+// better than nothing
+typedef wxDataViewVirtualListModel wxDataViewIndexListModel
+#else
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewVirtualListModel: public wxDataViewModel
+{
+public:
+    wxDataViewVirtualListModel( unsigned int initial_size = 0 );
+    ~wxDataViewVirtualListModel();
+
+    virtual void GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
+                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) const = 0;
+
+    virtual bool SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
+                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) = 0;
+
+    virtual bool GetAttr( unsigned int WXUNUSED(row), unsigned int WXUNUSED(col), wxDataViewItemAttr &WXUNUSED(attr) )
+        { return false; }
+
+    void RowPrepended();
+    void RowInserted( unsigned int before );
+    void RowAppended();
+    void RowDeleted( unsigned int row );
+    void RowsDeleted( const wxArrayInt &rows );
+    void RowChanged( unsigned int row );
+    void RowValueChanged( unsigned int row, unsigned int col );
+    void Reset( unsigned int new_size );
+
+    // convert to/from row/wxDataViewItem
+
+    unsigned int GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
+    wxDataViewItem GetItem( unsigned int row ) const;
+
+    // compare based on index
+
+    virtual int Compare( const wxDataViewItem &item1, const wxDataViewItem &item2,
+                         unsigned int column, bool ascending );
+    virtual bool HasDefaultCompare() const;
+
+    // implement base methods
+
+    virtual void GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const;
+    virtual bool SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
+    virtual bool GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr );
+    virtual wxDataViewItem GetParent( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
+    virtual bool IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
+    virtual unsigned int GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const;
+
+    // internal
+    virtual bool IsVirtualListModel() const { return true; }
+    unsigned int GetLastIndex() const { return m_lastIndex; }
+
+private:
+    wxDataViewItemArray m_hash;
+    unsigned int m_lastIndex;
+    bool m_ordered;
+};
+#endif
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxDataViewEditorCtrlEvtHandler
diff --git a/include/wx/mac/carbon/dataview.h b/include/wx/mac/carbon/dataview.h
index 6dcf5aa7aa..f7bce62361 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/carbon/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/carbon/dataview.h
@@ -136,13 +136,6 @@ public:
                           unsigned int WXUNUSED(col) )
                           { return false; }
   
-  virtual bool RightClick( wxPoint WXUNUSED(cursor),
-                           wxRect WXUNUSED(cell),
-                           wxDataViewModel *WXUNUSED(model),
-                           const wxDataViewItem & WXUNUSED(item), 
-                           unsigned int WXUNUSED(col) )
-                           { return false; }
-  
   virtual bool StartDrag( wxPoint WXUNUSED(cursor),
                           wxRect WXUNUSED(cell),
                           wxDataViewModel *WXUNUSED(model),
diff --git a/interface/dataview.h b/interface/dataview.h
index fd58d96c90..5d651b1737 100644
--- a/interface/dataview.h
+++ b/interface/dataview.h
@@ -155,127 +155,6 @@ public:
 
 
 
-/**
-    @class wxDataViewIndexListModel
-    @wxheader{dataview.h}
-
-    wxDataViewIndexListModel is a specialized data model which lets
-    you address an item by its position (row) rather than its
-    wxDataViewItem (which you can obtain from this class).
-    This model also provides its own
-    wxDataViewIndexListModel::Compare method
-    which sorts the model's data by the index.
-
-    This model is special in the it is implemented differently under OS X
-    and other platforms. Under OS X a wxDataViewItem is always persistent
-    and this is also the case for this class. Under other platforms, the
-    meaning of a wxDataViewItem is changed to reflect a row number for
-    wxDataViewIndexListModel. The consequence of this is that
-    wxDataViewIndexListModel can be used as a virtual model with an
-    almost infinate number of items on platforms other than OS X.
-
-    @library{wxbase}
-    @category{FIXME}
-*/
-class wxDataViewIndexListModel : public wxDataViewModel
-{
-public:
-    /**
-        Constructor.
-    */
-    wxDataViewIndexListModel(unsigned int initial_size = 0);
-
-    /**
-        Destructor.
-    */
-    ~wxDataViewIndexListModel();
-
-    /**
-        Compare method that sorts the items by their index.
-    */
-    int Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
-                const wxDataViewItem& item2,
-                unsigned int column, bool ascending);
-
-    /**
-        Oberride this to indicate that the row has special font attributes.
-        This only affects the
-        wxDataViewTextRendererText() renderer.
-        See also wxDataViewItemAttr.
-    */
-    bool GetAttr(unsigned int row, unsigned int col,
-                 wxDataViewItemAttr& attr);
-
-    /**
-        Returns the wxDataViewItem at the given @e row.
-    */
-    wxDataViewItem GetItem(unsigned int row) const;
-
-    /**
-        Returns the position of given @e item.
-    */
-    unsigned int GetRow(const wxDataViewItem& item) const;
-
-    /**
-        Override this to allow getting values from the model.
-    */
-    void GetValue(wxVariant& variant, unsigned int row,
-                  unsigned int col) const;
-
-    /**
-        Call this after if the data has to be read again from
-        the model. This is useful after major changes when
-        calling the methods below (possibly thousands of times)
-        doesn't make sense.
-    */
-    void Reset(unsigned int new_size);
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a row has been appended to the model.
-    */
-    void RowAppended();
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a row has been changed.
-    */
-    void RowChanged(unsigned int row);
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a row has been deleted.
-    */
-    void RowDeleted(unsigned int row);
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a row has been inserted at the given position.
-    */
-    void RowInserted(unsigned int before);
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a row has been prepended to the model.
-    */
-    void RowPrepended();
-
-    /**
-        Call this after a value has been changed.
-    */
-    void RowValueChanged(unsigned int row, unsigned int col);
-
-    /**
-        Call this after rows have been deleted. The array will internally
-        get copied and sorted in descending order so that the rows with
-        the highest position will be deleted first.
-    */
-    void RowsDeleted(const wxArrayInt& rows);
-
-    /**
-        Called in order to set a value in the model.
-    */
-    bool SetValue(const wxVariant& variant, unsigned int row,
-                  unsigned int col);
-};
-
-
-
 /**
     @class wxDataViewModel
     @wxheader{dataview.h}
@@ -341,6 +220,7 @@ public:
     Currently wxWidgets provides the following models apart
     from the base model:
     wxDataViewIndexListModel,
+    wxDataViewVirtualListModel,
     wxDataViewTreeStore.
 
     Note that wxDataViewModel is reference counted, derives from
@@ -542,6 +422,154 @@ public:
 
 
 
+/**
+    @class wxDataViewIndexListModel
+    @wxheader{dataview.h}
+
+    wxDataViewIndexListModel is a specialized data model which lets
+    you address an item by its position (row) rather than its
+    wxDataViewItem (which you can obtain from this class).
+    This model also provides its own wxDataViewIndexListModel::Compare
+    method which sorts the model's data by the index.
+    
+    This model is not a virtual model since the control stores 
+    each wxDataViewItem. Use wxDataViewVirtualListModel if you
+    need to display millions of items or have other reason to
+    use a virtual control.
+
+    @library{wxbase}
+    @category{FIXME}
+*/
+class wxDataViewIndexListModel : public wxDataViewModel
+{
+public:
+    /**
+        Constructor.
+    */
+    wxDataViewIndexListModel(unsigned int initial_size = 0);
+
+    /**
+        Destructor.
+    */
+    ~wxDataViewIndexListModel();
+
+    /**
+        Compare method that sorts the items by their index.
+    */
+    int Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
+                const wxDataViewItem& item2,
+                unsigned int column, bool ascending);
+
+    /**
+        Oberride this to indicate that the row has special font attributes.
+        This only affects the
+        wxDataViewTextRendererText() renderer.
+        See also wxDataViewItemAttr.
+    */
+    bool GetAttr(unsigned int row, unsigned int col,
+                 wxDataViewItemAttr& attr);
+
+    /**
+        Returns the wxDataViewItem at the given @e row.
+    */
+    wxDataViewItem GetItem(unsigned int row) const;
+
+    /**
+        Returns the position of given @e item.
+    */
+    unsigned int GetRow(const wxDataViewItem& item) const;
+
+    /**
+        Override this to allow getting values from the model.
+    */
+    void GetValue(wxVariant& variant, unsigned int row,
+                  unsigned int col) const;
+
+    /**
+        Call this after if the data has to be read again from
+        the model. This is useful after major changes when
+        calling the methods below (possibly thousands of times)
+        doesn't make sense.
+    */
+    void Reset(unsigned int new_size);
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a row has been appended to the model.
+    */
+    void RowAppended();
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a row has been changed.
+    */
+    void RowChanged(unsigned int row);
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a row has been deleted.
+    */
+    void RowDeleted(unsigned int row);
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a row has been inserted at the given position.
+    */
+    void RowInserted(unsigned int before);
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a row has been prepended to the model.
+    */
+    void RowPrepended();
+
+    /**
+        Call this after a value has been changed.
+    */
+    void RowValueChanged(unsigned int row, unsigned int col);
+
+    /**
+        Call this after rows have been deleted. The array will internally
+        get copied and sorted in descending order so that the rows with
+        the highest position will be deleted first.
+    */
+    void RowsDeleted(const wxArrayInt& rows);
+
+    /**
+        Called in order to set a value in the model.
+    */
+    bool SetValue(const wxVariant& variant, unsigned int row,
+                  unsigned int col);
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+    @class wxDataViewVirtualListModel
+    @wxheader{dataview.h}
+
+    wxDataViewVirtualListModel is a specialized data model which lets
+    you address an item by its position (row) rather than its
+    wxDataViewItem and as such offers the exact same interface as
+    wxDataViewIndexListModel. The important difference is that under
+    platforms other than OS X, using this model will result in a
+    truely virtual control able to handle millions of items as the
+    control doesn't store any item (a feature not supported by the
+    Carbon API under OS X).
+
+    @see wxDataViewIndexListModel for the API.
+
+    @library{wxbase}
+    @category{FIXME}
+*/
+class wxDataViewVirtualListModel : public wxDataViewModel
+{
+public:
+    /**
+        Constructor.
+    */
+    wxDataViewVirtualListModel(unsigned int initial_size = 0);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 /**
     @class wxDataViewItemAttr
     @wxheader{dataview.h}
@@ -703,6 +731,14 @@ public:
     */
     ~wxDataViewCtrl();
 
+    /**
+        Add a wxDataViewColumn to the control. Returns
+        @e @true on success.
+        Note that there is a number of short cut methods which implicitly create
+        a wxDataViewColumn and a wxDataViewRenderer for it (see below).
+    */
+    virtual bool AppendColumn(wxDataViewColumn* col);
+
     //@{
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering a bitmap. Returns the wxDataViewColumn
@@ -722,19 +758,13 @@ public:
                                          int flags = wxDATAVIEW_COL_RESIZABLE);
     //@}
 
-    /**
-        Add a wxDataViewColumn to the control. Returns
-        @e @true on success.
-        Note that there is a number of short cut methods which implicitly create
-        a wxDataViewColumn and a
-        wxDataViewRenderer for it (see below).
-    */
-    virtual bool AppendColumn(wxDataViewColumn* col);
-
     //@{
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering a date. Returns the wxDataViewColumn
         created in the function or @NULL on failure.
+        
+        NB: The @e align parameter is applied to both the column header and
+        the column renderer.
     */
     wxDataViewColumn* AppendDateColumn(const wxString& label,
                                        unsigned int model_column,
@@ -753,8 +783,11 @@ public:
     //@{
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering text with an icon. Returns the wxDataViewColumn
-        created in the function or @NULL on failure. This uses the
-        wxDataViewIconTextRenderer.
+        created in the function or @NULL on failure. This method uses the
+        wxDataViewIconTextRenderer class.
+        
+        NB: The @e align parameter is applied to both the column header and
+        the column renderer.
     */
     wxDataViewColumn* AppendIconTextColumn(const wxString& label,
                                            unsigned int model_column,
@@ -773,8 +806,10 @@ public:
     //@{
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering a progress indicator. Returns the
-        wxDataViewColumn
-        created in the function or @NULL on failure.
+        wxDataViewColumn created in the function or @NULL on failure.
+        
+        NB: The @e align parameter is applied to both the column header and
+        the column renderer.
     */
     wxDataViewColumn* AppendProgressColumn(const wxString& label,
                                            unsigned int model_column,
@@ -794,6 +829,9 @@ public:
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering text. Returns the wxDataViewColumn
         created in the function or @NULL on failure.
+        
+        NB: The @e align parameter is applied to both the column header and
+        the column renderer.
     */
     wxDataViewColumn* AppendTextColumn(const wxString& label,
                                        unsigned int model_column,
@@ -813,6 +851,9 @@ public:
     /**
         Appends a column for rendering a toggle. Returns the wxDataViewColumn
         created in the function or @NULL on failure.
+        
+        NB: The @e align parameter is applied to both the column header and
+        the column renderer.
     */
     wxDataViewColumn* AppendToggleColumn(const wxString& label,
                                          unsigned int model_column,
@@ -829,8 +870,8 @@ public:
     //@}
 
     /**
-        Associates a wxDataViewModel with the
-        control. This increases the reference count of the model by 1.
+        Associates a wxDataViewModel with the control. This increases the reference
+        count of the model by 1.
     */
     virtual bool AssociateModel(wxDataViewModel* model);
 
diff --git a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
index e3f16b540f..c0989cca9b 100644
--- a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
+++ b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
@@ -402,14 +402,14 @@ static int my_sort( int *v1, int *v2 )
    return *v1-*v2;
 }
 
-class MyListModel: public wxDataViewIndexListModel
+class MyListModel: public wxDataViewVirtualListModel
 {
 public:
     MyListModel() : 
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
-        wxDataViewIndexListModel( 1000 + 100 )
+        wxDataViewVirtualListModel( 1000 + 100 )
 #else
-        wxDataViewIndexListModel( 100000 + 100 )
+        wxDataViewVirtualListModel( 100000 + 100 )
 #endif
     {
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame *frame, const wxString &title, int x, int y, int w, int
     m_listCtrl->AssociateModel( m_list_model.get() );
 
 #if 1
-    m_listCtrl->AppendTextColumn    (wxT("editable string"), 0, wxDATAVIEW_CELL_EDITABLE, 120 );
+    m_listCtrl->AppendTextColumn    (wxT("editable string"), 0, wxDATAVIEW_CELL_EDITABLE, 120, wxALIGN_RIGHT );
     m_listCtrl->AppendIconTextColumn(wxT("icon"),            1, wxDATAVIEW_CELL_INERT,     60 );
 #else
     m_listCtrl->AppendTextColumn    (wxT("editable string"), 0, wxDATAVIEW_CELL_EDITABLE );
diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index 25e446538d..63a9036656 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -297,29 +297,22 @@ int wxDataViewModel::Compare( const wxDataViewItem &item1, const wxDataViewItem
 // wxDataViewIndexListModel
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 
+static int my_sort( int *v1, int *v2 )
+{
+   return *v2-*v1;
+}
+
+
 wxDataViewIndexListModel::wxDataViewIndexListModel( unsigned int initial_size )
 {
-#ifndef __WXMAC__
-    m_useHash = false;
-#else
-    m_useHash = true;
-#endif
-
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        // IDs are ordered until an item gets deleted or inserted
-        m_ordered = true;
-        
-        // build initial index
-        unsigned int i;
-        for (i = 1; i < initial_size+1; i++)
+    // IDs are ordered until an item gets deleted or inserted
+    m_ordered = true;
+    
+    // build initial index
+    unsigned int i;
+    for (i = 1; i < initial_size+1; i++)
             m_hash.Add( (void*) i );
-        m_lastIndex = initial_size + 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_lastIndex = initial_size-1;
-    }
+    m_lastIndex = initial_size + 1;
 }
 
 wxDataViewIndexListModel::~wxDataViewIndexListModel()
@@ -328,103 +321,55 @@ wxDataViewIndexListModel::~wxDataViewIndexListModel()
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::Reset( unsigned int new_size )
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        m_hash.Clear();
+    m_hash.Clear();
     
-        // IDs are ordered until an item gets deleted or inserted
-        m_ordered = true;
+    // IDs are ordered until an item gets deleted or inserted
+    m_ordered = true;
         
-        // build initial index
-        unsigned int i;
-        for (i = 1; i < new_size+1; i++)
+    // build initial index
+    unsigned int i;
+    for (i = 1; i < new_size+1; i++)
             m_hash.Add( (void*) i );
-        m_lastIndex = new_size + 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_lastIndex = new_size-1;
-    }
+    m_lastIndex = new_size + 1;
     
     wxDataViewModel::Cleared();
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowPrepended()
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        m_ordered = false;
+    m_ordered = false;
     
-        unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
-        m_hash.Insert( (void*) id, 0 );
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_lastIndex++;
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) 0 );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
+    unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
+    m_hash.Insert( (void*) id, 0 );
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowInserted( unsigned int before )
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        m_ordered = false;
+    m_ordered = false;
     
-        unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
-        m_hash.Insert( (void*) id, before );
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_lastIndex++;
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) before );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
+    unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
+    m_hash.Insert( (void*) id, before );
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowAppended()
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
-        m_hash.Add( (void*) id );
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_lastIndex++;
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) m_lastIndex );
-        ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-    }
+    unsigned int id = m_lastIndex++;
+    m_hash.Add( (void*) id );
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) id );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowDeleted( unsigned int row )
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        m_ordered = false;
+    m_ordered = false;
         
-        wxDataViewItem item( m_hash[row] );
-        wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-        m_hash.RemoveAt( row );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        wxDataViewItem item( (void*) row );
-        wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
-        m_lastIndex++;
-    }
-}
-
-static int my_sort( int *v1, int *v2 )
-{
-   return *v2-*v1;
+    wxDataViewItem item( m_hash[row] );
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
+    m_hash.RemoveAt( row );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowsDeleted( const wxArrayInt &rows )
@@ -432,35 +377,19 @@ void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowsDeleted( const wxArrayInt &rows )
     wxArrayInt sorted = rows;
     sorted.Sort( my_sort );
     
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        m_ordered = false;
+    m_ordered = false;
         
-        wxDataViewItemArray array;
-        unsigned int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < rows.GetCount(); i++)
-        {
+    wxDataViewItemArray array;
+    unsigned int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < rows.GetCount(); i++)
+    {
             wxDataViewItem item( m_hash[rows[i]] );
             array.Add( item );
-        }
-        wxDataViewModel::ItemsDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), array );
+    }
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemsDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), array );
         
-        for (i = 0; i < sorted.GetCount(); i++)
+    for (i = 0; i < sorted.GetCount(); i++)
            m_hash.RemoveAt( sorted[i] );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        wxDataViewItemArray array;
-        unsigned int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < sorted.GetCount(); i++)
-        {
-            wxDataViewItem item( (void*) sorted[i] );
-            array.Add( item );
-        }
-        wxDataViewModel::ItemsDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), array );
-    
-        m_lastIndex -= rows.GetCount();
-    }
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowChanged( unsigned int row )
@@ -475,34 +404,20 @@ void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowValueChanged( unsigned int row, unsigned int c
 
 unsigned int wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
+    if (m_ordered)
     {
-        if (m_ordered)
-        {
             unsigned int pos = wxPtrToUInt( item.GetID() );
             return pos-1;
-        }
+    }
     
-        // assert for not found
-        return (unsigned int) m_hash.Index( item.GetID() );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return wxPtrToUInt( item.GetID() );
-    }
+    // assert for not found
+    return (unsigned int) m_hash.Index( item.GetID() );
 }
 
 wxDataViewItem wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetItem( unsigned int row ) const
 {
-    if (m_useHash)
-    {
-        wxASSERT( row < m_hash.GetCount() );
-        return wxDataViewItem( m_hash[row] );
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return wxDataViewItem( (void*) row  );
-    }
+    wxASSERT( row < m_hash.GetCount() );
+    return wxDataViewItem( m_hash[row] );
 }
 
 bool wxDataViewIndexListModel::HasDefaultCompare() const
@@ -515,7 +430,7 @@ int wxDataViewIndexListModel::Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
                                       unsigned int WXUNUSED(column),
                                       bool ascending)
 {
-    if (m_ordered || !m_useHash)
+    if (m_ordered)
     {
         unsigned int pos1 = wxPtrToUInt(item1.GetID());
         unsigned int pos2 = wxPtrToUInt(item2.GetID());
@@ -565,9 +480,6 @@ bool wxDataViewIndexListModel::IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
 
 unsigned int wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const
 {
-    if (!m_useHash)
-        return 0;  // error
-        
     if (item.IsOk())
         return 0;
 
@@ -576,6 +488,150 @@ unsigned int wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item,
     return m_hash.GetCount();
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+// wxDataViewVirtualListModel
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef __WXMAC__
+
+wxDataViewVirtualListModel::wxDataViewVirtualListModel( unsigned int initial_size )
+{
+    m_lastIndex = initial_size-1;
+}
+
+wxDataViewVirtualListModel::~wxDataViewVirtualListModel()
+{
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::Reset( unsigned int new_size )
+{
+    m_lastIndex = new_size-1;
+    
+    wxDataViewModel::Cleared();
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowPrepended()
+{
+    m_lastIndex++;
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) 0 );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowInserted( unsigned int before )
+{
+    m_lastIndex++;
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) before );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowAppended()
+{
+    m_lastIndex++;
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) m_lastIndex );
+    ItemAdded( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowDeleted( unsigned int row )
+{
+    wxDataViewItem item( (void*) row );
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
+    m_lastIndex++;
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowsDeleted( const wxArrayInt &rows )
+{
+    wxArrayInt sorted = rows;
+    sorted.Sort( my_sort );
+    
+    wxDataViewItemArray array;
+    unsigned int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < sorted.GetCount(); i++)
+    {
+            wxDataViewItem item( (void*) sorted[i] );
+            array.Add( item );
+    }
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemsDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), array );
+    
+    m_lastIndex -= rows.GetCount();
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowChanged( unsigned int row )
+{
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemChanged( GetItem(row) );
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::RowValueChanged( unsigned int row, unsigned int col )
+{
+    wxDataViewModel::ValueChanged( GetItem(row), col );
+}
+
+unsigned int wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
+{
+    return wxPtrToUInt( item.GetID() );
+}
+
+wxDataViewItem wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetItem( unsigned int row ) const
+{
+    return wxDataViewItem( (void*) row  );
+}
+
+bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::HasDefaultCompare() const
+{ 
+    return true;
+}
+
+int wxDataViewVirtualListModel::Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
+                                      const wxDataViewItem& item2,
+                                      unsigned int WXUNUSED(column),
+                                      bool ascending)
+{
+    unsigned int pos1 = wxPtrToUInt(item1.GetID());
+    unsigned int pos2 = wxPtrToUInt(item2.GetID());
+        
+    if (ascending)
+       return pos1 - pos2;
+    else 
+       return pos2 - pos1;
+}
+
+void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const
+{
+    GetValue( variant, GetRow(item), col );
+}
+
+bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col )
+{
+    return SetValue( variant, GetRow(item), col );
+}
+
+bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr )
+{
+    return GetAttr( GetRow(item), col, attr );
+}
+
+wxDataViewItem wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetParent( const wxDataViewItem & WXUNUSED(item) ) const
+{
+    return wxDataViewItem(0);
+}
+
+bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
+{
+    // only the invisible root item has children
+    if (!item.IsOk())
+        return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+unsigned int wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &WXUNUSED(item), wxDataViewItemArray &WXUNUSED(children) ) const
+{
+    return 0;  // should we report an error ?
+}
+
+#endif  // __WXMAC__
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxDataViewIconText
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
index e64b805d36..bd6a350ed8 100644
--- a/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/datavgen.cpp
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ void wxDataViewMainWindow::BuildTree(wxDataViewModel * model)
 {
     DestroyTree();
 
-    if (GetOwner()->GetModel()->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (GetOwner()->GetModel()->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         m_count = -1 ;
         return;
diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index f44b045bd6..d725ee6746 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ gtk_wx_cell_renderer_render (GtkCellRenderer      *renderer,
     rect.y += cell_area->y;
     rect.width  -= renderer->xpad * 2;
     rect.height -= renderer->ypad * 2;
-
+        
     GdkRectangle dummy;
     if (gdk_rectangle_intersect (expose_area, &rect, &dummy))
     {
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ static void wxGtkTreeCellDataFunc( GtkTreeViewColumn *WXUNUSED(column),
 
     wxDataViewModel *wx_model = tree_model->internal->GetDataViewModel();
 
-    if (!wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (!wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
 
     if (wx_model->IsContainer( item ))
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ wxDataViewCtrlInternal::wxDataViewCtrlInternal( wxDataViewCtrl *owner,
     m_sort_column = -1;
     m_dataview_sort_column = NULL;
 
-    if (!m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (!m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
         InitTree();
 }
 
@@ -2871,13 +2871,13 @@ bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::Cleared()
 
 void wxDataViewCtrlInternal::Resort()
 {
-    if (!m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (!m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
         m_root->Resort();
 }
 
 bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
 {
-    if (!m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (!m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxGtkTreeModelNode *parent_node = FindNode( parent );
         if (m_wx_model->IsContainer( item ))
@@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDa
 
 bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
 {
-    if (!m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (!m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxGtkTreeModelNode *parent_node = FindNode( parent );
         parent_node->DeleteChild( item.GetID() );
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ValueChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned
 
 GtkTreeModelFlags wxDataViewCtrlInternal::get_flags()
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
         return GTK_TREE_MODEL_LIST_ONLY;
     else
         return GTK_TREE_MODEL_ITERS_PERSIST;
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ GtkTreeModelFlags wxDataViewCtrlInternal::get_flags()
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::get_iter( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreePath *path )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxDataViewIndexListModel *wx_model = (wxDataViewIndexListModel*) m_wx_model;
 
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ GtkTreePath *wxDataViewCtrlInternal::get_path( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 {
     GtkTreePath *retval = gtk_tree_path_new ();
 
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         // user_data is just the index
         int i = (wxUIntPtr) iter->user_data;
@@ -3023,7 +3023,7 @@ GtkTreePath *wxDataViewCtrlInternal::get_path( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_next( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxDataViewIndexListModel *wx_model = (wxDataViewIndexListModel*) m_wx_model;
 
@@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@ gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_next( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_children( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreeIter *parent )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         // this is a list, nodes have no children
         if (parent)
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_children( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreeIter *
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_has_child( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         // this is a list, nodes have no children
         return FALSE;
@@ -3113,7 +3113,7 @@ gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_has_child( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 
 gint wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_n_children( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxDataViewIndexListModel *wx_model = (wxDataViewIndexListModel*) m_wx_model;
 
@@ -3140,7 +3140,7 @@ gint wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_n_children( GtkTreeIter *iter )
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_nth_child( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreeIter *parent, gint n )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         wxDataViewIndexListModel *wx_model = (wxDataViewIndexListModel*) m_wx_model;
 
@@ -3181,7 +3181,7 @@ gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_nth_child( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreeIter
 
 gboolean wxDataViewCtrlInternal::iter_parent( GtkTreeIter *iter, GtkTreeIter *child )
 {
-    if (m_wx_model->IsIndexListModel())
+    if (m_wx_model->IsVirtualListModel())
     {
         return FALSE;
     }