ListBox.MultiColumn Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

ListBox.cs

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the ListBox supports multiple columns.

public bool MultiColumn { get; set; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if the ListBox supports multiple columns; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

A multicolumn ListBox cannot have a variable-sized height.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates a simple two-column ListBox.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private ListBox listBox1;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.listBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // listBox1
        // 
        this.listBox1.FormattingEnabled = true;
        this.listBox1.HorizontalScrollbar = true;
        this.listBox1.Items.AddRange(new object[] {
            "Item 1, column 1",
            "Item 2, column 1",
            "Item 3, column 1",
            "Item 4, column 1",
            "Item 5, column 1",
            "Item 1, column 2",
            "Item 2, column 2",
            "Item 3, column 2"});
        this.listBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        this.listBox1.MultiColumn = true;
        this.listBox1.Name = "listBox1";
        this.listBox1.ScrollAlwaysVisible = true;
        this.listBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(120, 95);
        this.listBox1.TabIndex = 0;
        this.listBox1.ColumnWidth = 85;
        // 
        // Form1
        // 
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
        this.Controls.Add(this.listBox1);
        this.Name = "Form1";
        this.ResumeLayout(false);
    }
}

Remarks

A multicolumn ListBox places items into as many columns as are needed to make vertical scrolling unnecessary. The user can use the keyboard to navigate to columns that are not currently visible. Set the HorizontalScrollbar property to true to display a horizontal scroll bar that enables the user to scroll to columns that are not currently shown in the visible region of the ListBox. The value of the ColumnWidth property determines the width of each column.

Applies to

See also

• HorizontalScrollbar
• ColumnWidth