VB.NET ListView Control

The ListView Controls are used to display a collection of items in the Windows Forms. It uses one of the view lists, such as LargeIcon, SmallIcon, Details, List, and Tile. Furthermore, the ListView allows the user to add or remove icons from the ListView Control.

Let's create a ListView control in the VB.NET Windows form by using the following steps.

Step 1: We have to find the ListView control from the toolbox and then drag and drop the ListView control onto the window form, as shown below.

Step 2: Once the ListView is added to the form, we can set various properties of the List by clicking on the ListView control.

Properties of the ListView Control

There are following properties of ListView control.

Properties	Description
Alignment	The Alignment property is used to set the alignment for the item in the ListvVew Control.
Activation	The Activation property is used to get or set a user-requested action to activate an item.
CheckBoxes	The CheckBoxes property sets a value to display the checkbox that appears next to each item in the list view control.
Columns	The Columns property is used to display the collection of columns header in the ListView Control.
CheckIndices	The CheckIndices property is used to get all checked items in the ListView Control.
GridLines	The GridLines Property is used to display the gridlines between the rows and columns that contain the items and subitems in the ListView Control.
Items	It is used to collect the collection of the items that are in the ListView Control.
LargeImageList	It is used to set or get ImageList to display it as a large icon in the ListView Control.
HeaderStyle	It is used to set or get the column header style in the ListView control.
MultiSelect	The MultiSelect property is used to set a value that allows selecting more than items in the ListView control.
SelectedItems	It is used to obtain all selected items in the ListView control.
ShowGroups	The ShowGroups property set a value that represents whether the ListView items are displayed in groups.
SmallImageList	It is used to set or get ImageList to display the image as a small icon in the ListView control.
TopItem	The TopItem property is used to set or get the first item in control.
View	The View property is used to set the items displayed in the List view. The View property has the following values: SmallIcon: It is used to display small size icons. List: It is used to display items in a list, and it only shows captions. LargeIcon: It is used to display large size icons. Report: It is used to display items and its sub-items.

Methods of the ListView Control

Method	Description
ArrangeIcons()	The ArrangeIcons method is used to arrange all the items displayed as icons in the ListView control.
FindItemWithText()	It is used to search the first ListViewItem that started with the given text value.
GetItemAt()	The GetItemAt method is used to get an item at the specified location of the ListView control.
Clear()	The Clear method is used to clear all the items and columns from the ListView control.
Sort()	The Sort method is used to sort items of the ListView.

Events of the ListView Control

There are following events of the ListView control.

Events	Description
ItemActivate	The ItemActivate event occurred when an item activated in the ListView control.
ItemChecked	The ItemChecked event is found in the ListView control when the checked state of an item changes.
TextChanged	The TextChanged event is found in the ListView control when the property of the text changes.
ItemCheck	When the status of a check item changes, the ItemCheck event is found in the list view control.
AfterLabelEditEvent	It occurs when the user in the ListView control edits the label for an item.

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

List_View.vb

Public Class List_View
    Private Sub List_View_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.Text = "javatpoint.com" 'Set the title for the Windows form
        ListView1.View = View.Details  ' Display the List in details
        ListView1.GridLines = True   ' Set the Grid lines 
        Label1.Text = "Enter the Roll No." ' Set the name of Labels
        Label2.Text = "Enter Your Name"
        Label3.Text = "Enter Your Email"
        Label4.Text = "Enter the Course"
        Label5.Text = "Student details"
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Roll No", 70, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Name", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Email", 150, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column
        ListView1.Columns.Add("Course", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left) ' set the name of column
        ListView1.BackColor = Color.LightSkyBlue
        Button1.Text = "Add New Entry"
        Button1.ForeColor = Color.White
        Button1.BackColor = Color.Green
        Label5.ForeColor = Color.Red
        Button2.Text = "Exit"
        Button2.BackColor = Color.Red
    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
    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        End 'Exit from the program
    End Sub
End Class

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