How to add column in Listbox toolbox in Visual Studio?

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Hi can someone teach me on how to add a column in listbox. let's say I have 15 words in the first column and another 15 on the 2nd. thanks

Sunny Sharma · Answer

Hi Shannen, Please follow this link for ListView: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.listview.items.aspx

Vulpes · Answer

It's possible to (effectively) create columns in a ListBox provided you change to a fixed width font (such as Lucida Console) so that they line up correctly. You can then do something like this: listBox1.Items.Add(String.Format("{0, -15} {1}", "Home", "Format")); listBox1.Items.Add(String.Format("{0, -15} {1}", "Insert", "Font")); and so on.

Shannen Londres · Answer

how can I do like this in ListView or ListBox?

Sunny Sharma · Answer

Hi Shannen, Suggest you to use ListView instead, supports multiple columns. You've got Columns property for ListBox control also but it doesn't work in the way you expect. If you set it to anything other than 0 then you get a view of list entries that is a bit like windows Explorer in List mode, rather than the style of columns you want which is Explorer in Details view. Hope you got the point. HTH :)

How to add column in Listbox toolbox in Visual Studio?

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