 <p>The spacing is intentional and cannot be changed (without custom drawing the entire thing, which is <a href="http://christian-helle.blogspot.com/2009/10/listview-custom-drawing-in-netcf.html" rel="nofollow">not so easy in managed code</a>), as WinMo 6.5 and later supposedly moved toward more "finger friendly" UIs. </p> <p>I realize the link is for a ListView, but the TreeView in CE also supports custom drawing in the same way, and that link is the only custom drawn <em>anything</em> I've seen for the CF.</p>