ListView Control (Windows Forms)

The Windows Forms ListView control displays a list of items with icons. You can use a list view to create a user interface like the right pane of Windows Explorer.

In This Section

• ListView Control Overview (Windows Forms)
  Describes this control and its key features and properties.

• How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to add or remove items from a list view.

• How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to create columns in order to display information about each list item.

• How to: Display Icons for the Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to associate a list view with an appropriate image list for displaying large or small icons.

• How to: Display Subitems in Columns with the Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to display information about each list item in columns.

• How to: Select an Item in the Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to programmatically select an item.

• How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to create groups for categorized display and how to assign items to each group.

  This feature is available only for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003.

• How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to display items as tiles, each of which is comprised of a large icon and multiple lines of text.

  This feature is available only for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003.

• How to: Display an Insertion Mark in a Windows Forms ListView Control
  Describes how to implement user-feedback for drag-and-drop operations in which an insertion mark indicates the drop location for each mouse-pointer position.

  This feature is available only for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003.

• How to: Add Search Capabilities to a ListView Control
  Describes how to programmatically find an item using either text search or screen coordinates.

Topic	Location
How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls
Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer	Windows Forms Controls

Reference

• ListView class
  Describes this class and has links to all its members.

Related Sections

• How to: Add Custom Information to a TreeView or ListView Control (Windows Forms)
  Describes how to inherit from an item in a list view or a node in a tree view in order to add any fields, methods, or constructors you need.

• ImageList Component (Windows Forms)
  Explains what an image list is and its key features and properties.

• How to: Create a Multipane User Interface with Windows Forms
  Gives instructions for laying out a Windows Form with multiple panes.

• Windows XP Features and Windows Forms Controls
  Explains how to take advantage of Windows XP-specific features that apply to the ListView control.

See Also

Other Resources

Controls to Use on Windows Forms