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

What is ListView Control in VB.net?

The ListView Control in VB.net is used to show a group of items in Windows Forms.

It uses one of the view lists, like LargeIcon, SmallIcon, Details, List, or Tile.

The ListView in VB.net also lets the user add or take away icons from the ListView Control.

Let’s create a ListView in VB.net by dragging a ListView Control from the Toolbox and dropping it on the form.

ListView shows a list of items with icons next to them. You can add and remove items from a ListView control by using its Item property.

The SelectedItem property has a list of the items that have been chosen.

You can choose more than one item in the list view by using the MultiSelect property.

You can put check boxes next to the items with the CheckBoxes property.

ListView Control in VB.net Properties

The following given below are some commonly used Properties of the ListView Control in VB.net.

ListView Control in VB.net Methods

The following given below are some commonly used Methods of the ListView Control in VB.net.

ListView Control in VB.net Events

The following given below are some commonly used Events of the ListView Control in VB.net.

Let’s create a program to insert the records in the ListView control of the VB.NET Windows form.

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ListView1.View = View.Details  ' Display the List in details  
        ListView1.GridLines = True   ' Set the Grid lines   
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Student Name", 200, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column  
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Address", 300, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column  
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Email", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column  
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Course", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column  
        ListView1.BackColor = Color.LightSkyBlue
    End Sub

    Private Sub Label3_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Label3.Click

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim str(4) As String
        Dim itm As ListViewItem
        str(0) = TextBox1.Text  'Accept value from the user.  
        str(1) = TextBox2.Text
        str(2) = TextBox3.Text
        str(3) = TextBox4.Text
        itm = New ListViewItem(str)
        ListView1.Items.Add(itm) 'Add the items into the ListView  
    End Sub
End Class

Program Output:

Now, we fill in all the details of the Student that is asked in the Form.

Now, click on the Save button. It displays the record in the ListView control or in the Student details table, as shown below.

Summary

In this article, we discussed How To Create a ListView control in Windows Forms in VB.net using Microsoft Visual Studio.

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

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