ListView.SelectedItems Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Gets the items that are selected in the control.

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::ListView::SelectedListViewItemCollection ^ SelectedItems { System::Windows::Forms::ListView::SelectedListViewItemCollection ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.Forms.ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection SelectedItems { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.SelectedItems : System.Windows.Forms.ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection

Public ReadOnly Property SelectedItems As ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection

Property Value

ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection

A ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection that contains the items that are selected in the control. If no items are currently selected, an empty ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection is returned.

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using the SelectedItems, SelectedIndexChanged event, and HeaderStyle members and the ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection class. To run this example, paste the following code into a form that contains a ListView object named ListView1 and a TextBox named TextBox1. Call the InitializeListView method from the form's constructor or Load method. This example requires the event handler is correctly associated with the SelectedIndexChanged event

// This method adds two columns to the ListView, setting the Text 
// and TextAlign, and Width properties of each ColumnHeader.  The 
// HeaderStyle property is set to NonClickable since the ColumnClick 
// event is not handled.  Finally the method adds ListViewItems and 
// SubItems to each column.
void InitializeListView()
{
   this->ListView1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ListView;
   this->ListView1->BackColor = System::Drawing::SystemColors::Control;
   this->ListView1->Dock = System::Windows::Forms::DockStyle::Top;
   this->ListView1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 0, 0 );
   this->ListView1->Name = "ListView1";
   this->ListView1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 292, 130 );
   this->ListView1->TabIndex = 0;
   this->ListView1->View = System::Windows::Forms::View::Details;
   this->ListView1->MultiSelect = true;
   this->ListView1->HideSelection = false;
   this->ListView1->HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle::Nonclickable;
   ColumnHeader^ columnHeader1 = gcnew ColumnHeader;
   columnHeader1->Text = "Breakfast Item";
   columnHeader1->TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment::Left;
   columnHeader1->Width = 146;
   ColumnHeader^ columnHeader2 = gcnew ColumnHeader;
   columnHeader2->Text = "Price Each";
   columnHeader2->TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment::Center;
   columnHeader2->Width = 142;
   this->ListView1->Columns->Add( columnHeader1 );
   this->ListView1->Columns->Add( columnHeader2 );
   array<String^>^foodList = {"Juice","Coffee","Cereal & Milk","Fruit Plate","Toast & Jelly","Bagel & Cream Cheese"};
   array<String^>^foodPrice = {"1.09","1.09","2.19","2.49","1.49","1.49"};
   for ( int count = 0; count < foodList->Length; count++ )
   {
      ListViewItem^ listItem = gcnew ListViewItem( foodList[ count ] );
      listItem->SubItems->Add( foodPrice[ count ] );
      ListView1->Items->Add( listItem );

   }
   this->Controls->Add( ListView1 );
}

  // This method adds two columns to the ListView, setting the Text 
  // and TextAlign, and Width properties of each ColumnHeader.  The 
  // HeaderStyle property is set to NonClickable since the ColumnClick 
  // event is not handled.  Finally the method adds ListViewItems and 
  // SubItems to each column.
  private void InitializeListView()
  {
      this.ListView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
      this.ListView1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
      this.ListView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top;
      this.ListView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
      this.ListView1.Name = "ListView1";
      this.ListView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 130);
      this.ListView1.TabIndex = 0;
      this.ListView1.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details;
      this.ListView1.MultiSelect = true;
      this.ListView1.HideSelection = false;
      this.ListView1.HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle.Nonclickable;
      
      ColumnHeader columnHeader1 = new ColumnHeader();
      columnHeader1.Text = "Breakfast Item";
      columnHeader1.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
      columnHeader1.Width = 146;

      ColumnHeader columnHeader2 = new ColumnHeader();
      columnHeader2.Text = "Price Each";
      columnHeader2.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
      columnHeader2.Width = 142;

      this.ListView1.Columns.Add(columnHeader1);
      this.ListView1.Columns.Add(columnHeader2);

      string[] foodList = new string[]{"Juice", "Coffee", 
          "Cereal & Milk", "Fruit Plate", "Toast & Jelly", 
          "Bagel & Cream Cheese"};
      string[] foodPrice = new string[]{"1.09", "1.09", "2.19", 
          "2.49", "1.49", "1.49"};
      
      for(int count=0; count < foodList.Length; count++)
      {
          ListViewItem listItem = new ListViewItem(foodList[count]);
          listItem.SubItems.Add(foodPrice[count]);
          ListView1.Items.Add(listItem);
      }
      this.Controls.Add(ListView1);
  }

' This method adds two columns to the ListView, setting the Text 
' and TextAlign, and Width properties of each ColumnHeader.  The 
' HeaderStyle property is set to NonClickable since the ColumnClick 
' event is not handled.  Finally the method adds ListViewItems and 
' SubItems to each column.
Private Sub InitializeListView()
    Me.ListView1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListView
    Me.ListView1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control
    Me.ListView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top
    Me.ListView1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
    Me.ListView1.Name = "ListView1"
    Me.ListView1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 130)
    Me.ListView1.TabIndex = 0
    Me.ListView1.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details
    Me.ListView1.MultiSelect = True
    Me.ListView1.HideSelection = False
    ListView1.HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle.Nonclickable
    Dim columnHeader1 As New ColumnHeader
    With columnHeader1
        .Text = "Breakfast Item"
        .TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left
        .Width = 146
    End With
    Dim columnHeader2 As New ColumnHeader
    With columnHeader2
        .Text = "Price Each"
        .TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center
        .Width = 142
    End With

    Me.ListView1.Columns.Add(columnHeader1)
    Me.ListView1.Columns.Add(columnHeader2)
    Dim foodList() As String = New String() {"Juice", "Coffee", _
        "Cereal & Milk", "Fruit Plate", "Toast & Jelly", _
        "Bagel & Cream Cheese"}
    Dim foodPrice() As String = New String() {"1.09", "1.09", _
        "2.19", "2.49", "1.49", "1.49"}
    Dim count As Integer
    For count = 0 To foodList.Length - 1
        Dim listItem As New ListViewItem(foodList(count))
        listItem.SubItems.Add(foodPrice(count))
        ListView1.Items.Add(listItem)
    Next
    Me.Controls.Add(Me.ListView1)
End Sub

// Uses the SelectedItems property to retrieve and tally the price 
// of the selected menu items.
void ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged_UsingItems( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   ListView::SelectedListViewItemCollection^ breakfast = this->ListView1->SelectedItems;
   double price = 0.0;
   System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = breakfast->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      ListViewItem^ item = safe_cast<ListViewItem^>(myEnum->Current);
      price += Double::Parse( item->SubItems[ 1 ]->Text );
   }

   // Output the price to TextBox1.
   TextBox1->Text = price.ToString();
}

// Uses the SelectedItems property to retrieve and tally the price 
// of the selected menu items.
private void ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged_UsingItems(
    object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection breakfast = 
        this.ListView1.SelectedItems;
    
    double price = 0.0;
    foreach ( ListViewItem item in breakfast )
    {
        price += Double.Parse(item.SubItems[1].Text);
    }

    // Output the price to TextBox1.
    TextBox1.Text = price.ToString();
}

' Uses the SelectedItems property to retrieve and tally the price 
' of the selected menu items.
Private Sub ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged_UsingItems _
    (ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
    Handles ListView1.SelectedIndexChanged

    Dim breakfast As ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection = _
        Me.ListView1.SelectedItems
    Dim item As ListViewItem
    Dim price As Double = 0.0
    For Each item In breakfast
        price += Double.Parse(item.SubItems(1).Text)
    Next

    ' Output the price to TextBox1.
    TextBox1.Text = CType(price, String)
End Sub

Remarks

The SelectedItems property will not contain any items if the property is accessed before the ListView handle is created, which typically occurs when ListView is initially loaded for display in the form. You can check to see if the handle is created with the IsHandleCreated property. When the MultiSelect property is set to true, this property returns a collection containing the items that are selected in the ListView. For a single-selection ListView, this property returns a collection containing the only selected item in the ListView. For more information on the tasks that can be performed with the items in the collection, see ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection.

If you want to obtain a collection of the index positions within the ListView.ListViewItemCollection of the items that are selected in the ListView control, instead of the items that are selected, use the SelectedIndices property.

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