How to Disable and Grey Out Specific ListViewItem

Introduction

In this article we will see how to disable and grey out any specific listviewitem based on condition.

Step 1: Create windows forms application

Form.cs

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

namespace ListView_DisableSpecificItem
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        SchoolManagementEntities objSchoolManagementEntities = new SchoolManagementEntities();
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var query = from r in objSchoolManagementEntities.Students select r;



            foreach (var p in query)
            {
                ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem();

                item.Text = p.FirstName;

                if (item.Text == "Andy")
                {
                    item.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Gray;
                }

                listView1.Items.Add(item);
            }
       }

        private void listView1_ItemSelectionChanged(object sender, ListViewItemSelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.IsSelected && e.Item.Text == "Andy")
            {
                e.Item.Selected = false;
            }
        }
    }
}

Output of the application looks like this

Summary

In this blog we have seen how we can disable any specific ListViewItem based on condition. Happy coding!