ListControl.FormattingEnabled Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets a value indicating whether formatting is applied to the DisplayMember property of the ListControl.

public:
 property bool FormattingEnabled { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool FormattingEnabled { get; set; }

member this.FormattingEnabled : bool with get, set

Public Property FormattingEnabled As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if formatting of the DisplayMember property is enabled; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Remarks

Setting the FormattingEnabled property to true causes the Format event to be raised for each visible member of the ListControl.

SelectedIndex, SelectedValue, and FormattingEnabled are related as follows:

• If FormattingEnabled is false, SelectedIndex will not be set to -1 when SelectedValue is blank.

• If FormattingEnabled is true, SelectedIndex will be set to -1 when SelectedValue is blank.