ListBox Control in VB.net – Properties, Methods and Events

What is ListBox Control in VB.net?

A ListBox Control in VB.net is used to display a list of items in Windows form.

It allows the user to select one or more items from the ListBox Control.

Furthermore, we can add or design the list box by using the properties, methods, and events window at runtime.

Let’s create a list box by dragging a ListBox Control from the Toolbox and dropping it on the form.

You can populate the list box items either from the properties window or at runtime.

To add items to a ListBox, select the ListBox control and get to the properties window, for the properties of this control.

Click the ellipses (…) button next to the Items property.

This opens the String Collection Editor dialog box, where you can enter the values one at a line.

Properties of the ListBox Control in VB.net

The following are some commonly used Properties of the ListBox Control in VB.net.

Methods of the ListBox Control in VB.net

The following are some commonly used Methods of ListBox Control in VB.net.

Events of the ListBox Control in VB.net

The following are some of the commonly used Events of the ListBox Control in VB.net.

Let’s create a program to select an item from the ListBox in the VB.NET form.

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click_1(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ListBox1.Items.Add("Red horse")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("Emperador")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("Fundador")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("Alfonso")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("San Mig")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("Tanduay")
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click_2(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click_3(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim lt As String  ' define a local variable.  
        lt = ListBox1.Text  'accept the data from the ListBox1  
        MsgBox(" Selected Drinks is: " & lt)  ' Display the selected item
    End Sub
End Class

Program Output:

Now select an item from the list. We have selected Red Horse.

Click on the Show button to display the selected item in Windows Form, as follows.

Summary

In this article, we discussed How To Create a VB.net ListBox Control in Windows Forms using Microsoft Visual Studio at design-time and run-time.

After that, we saw how to use various properties, events, and methods.

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