ListBox.UseTabStops Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

ListBox.cs

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the ListBox can recognize and expand tab characters when drawing its strings.

C#

public bool UseTabStops { get; set; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if the control can expand tab characters; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create a ListBox that displays items with tab characters.

C#

private void CreateTabStopList()
{
    ListBox listBox1 = new ListBox();
    listBox1.SetBounds(20,20,100,100);

    for(int x = 1; x < 20;x++)
    {
        listBox1.Items.Add("Item\t" + x.ToString());
    }
    // Make the ListBox display tabs within each item.
    listBox1.UseTabStops = true;
    this.Controls.Add(listBox1);
}

Applies to