ListView.SearchForVirtualItem Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Occurs when the ListView is in virtual mode and a search is taking place.

public:
 event System::Windows::Forms::SearchForVirtualItemEventHandler ^ SearchForVirtualItem;

public event System.Windows.Forms.SearchForVirtualItemEventHandler? SearchForVirtualItem;

member this.SearchForVirtualItem : System.Windows.Forms.SearchForVirtualItemEventHandler 

Public Custom Event SearchForVirtualItem As SearchForVirtualItemEventHandler 

Event Type

SearchForVirtualItemEventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the use of this member. In the example, a search returns the nearest match to a specified integer in a list of the first ten thousand squares. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the VirtualMode property.

//This event handler enables search functionality, and is called
//for every search request when in Virtual mode.
void listView1_SearchForVirtualItem(object sender, SearchForVirtualItemEventArgs e)
{
    //We've gotten a search request.
    //In this example, finding the item is easy since it's
    //just the square of its index.  We'll take the square root
    //and round.
    double x = 0;
    if (Double.TryParse(e.Text, out x)) //check if this is a valid search
    {
        x = Math.Sqrt(x);
        x = Math.Round(x);
        e.Index = (int)x;
    }
    //If e.Index is not set, the search returns null.
    //Note that this only handles simple searches over the entire
    //list, ignoring any other settings.  Handling Direction, StartIndex,
    //and the other properties of SearchForVirtualItemEventArgs is up
    //to this handler.
}

'This event handler enables search functionality, and is called
'for every search request when in Virtual mode.
Private Sub listView1_SearchForVirtualItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SearchForVirtualItemEventArgs) Handles listView1.SearchForVirtualItem
    'We've gotten a search request.
    'In this example, finding the item is easy since it's
    'just the square of its index.  We'll take the square root
    'and round.
    Dim x As Double = 0
    If [Double].TryParse(e.Text, x) Then 'check if this is a valid search
        x = Math.Sqrt(x)
        x = Math.Round(x)
        e.Index = Fix(x)
    End If
    'Note that this only handles simple searches over the entire
    'list, ignoring any other settings.  Handling Direction, StartIndex,
    'and the other properties of SearchForVirtualItemEventArgs is up
    'to this handler.
End Sub

Remarks

This event occurs when a ListView is in virtual mode and the FindNearestItem or FindItemWithText method is called. When handling this event, you should calculate which item from the list of items supplied by the Items property matches the search criteria and set the SearchForVirtualItemEventArgs.Index property to the index of the ListViewItem. If an item is not provided, FindNearestItem and FindItemWithText will return null.

For more information about handling events, see Handling and Raising Events.