How to add a combo box to a sub Item of a ListView control?

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Hi, How doi add a Combo Box to a sub Item of a Listview control? TY

jinge · Answer

Just have a look at the image you provided, that's more like a DataGridView. Please trust me, the appearance of the DataGridView can be highly customized.

jinge · Answer

Read the links I provided in my post, you will get out.

Kirtan Patel · Answer

Here is Microsoft's Article About it :) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320342

petre ricardo · Answer

Thanks Jinge, i know it would be easy to program on DataGridView control than the list view control for controls for editing... : ) however, i wanted to create a dialogbox as show below (thsi can be found under VS configuration manager) http://img29.imageshack.us/i/listviewcontrols.jpg/ By judgeing from th appearance this is not a GridViewControl it's a ListView....so i thought what the heck....but i got stuck :( TY

jinge · Answer

Hi Friend, DataGridView control is definitely designed for hosting various Editing controls in a table layout control. However, if you require this to be done in ListView, then the code in this KB article will help you. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320342 Edit: The above link is for VB version, the following is for C# http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320344/ Please do not forget to check " Do you like the answer " if my answer helps you.

Master Billa · Answer

HI here my code, Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Drawing; namespace WindowsApplication1 { public class ListViewWithComboBox : ListView { private ListViewItem item; string subItemText = "" ; int selectedSubItem = 0; private int X=0; private int Y=0; private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox comboBoxLanguages = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox(); private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox comboBoxCountries = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox(); private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader columnHeader1; private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader columnHeader2; public ListViewWithComboBox() { // set comboBoxLanguages (comboBox1) comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "C#" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "Java" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "C++" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "PHP" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "Python" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "VB.Net" ); comboBoxLanguages.Items.Add( "J#" ); comboBoxLanguages.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0); comboBoxLanguages.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0); this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] { this.comboBoxLanguages }); comboBoxLanguages.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this. LanguageSelected ); comboBoxLanguages.LostFocus += new System.EventHandler(this. LanguageFocusExit ); comboBoxLanguages.KeyPress += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventHandler(this. LanguageKeyPress ); comboBoxLanguages.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList; comboBoxLanguages.Hide(); // set comboBoxCountries (comboBox2) comboBoxCountries.Items.Add( "India" ); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" USA "); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" UK "); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" Australia "); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" Japan "); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" China "); comboBoxCountries.Items.Add(" Africa "); comboBoxCountries.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 0); comboBoxCountries.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0); this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] { this.comboBoxCountries }); comboBoxCountries.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this. CountrySelected ); comboBoxCountries.LostFocus += new System.EventHandler(this. CountryFocusExit ); comboBoxCountries.KeyPress += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventHandler(this. CountryKeyPress ); comboBoxCountries.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList; comboBoxCountries.Hide(); this.columnHeader1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader(); this.columnHeader2 = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader(); this.Columns.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader[] { this.columnHeader1, this.columnHeader2, }); this.Name = "listViewWithComboBox1" ; this.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0,0); this.TabIndex = 0; this.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details; this.MouseDown += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this. ListViewMouseDown ); this.DoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this. ListViewDoubleClick ); this.GridLines = true ; // // columnHeader1 // this.columnHeader1.Text = "Languages" ; this.columnHeader1.Width = 100; // // columnHeader2 // this.columnHeader2.Text = "Countries" ; this.columnHeader2.Width = 100; } private void LanguageKeyPress (object sender , System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e) { if ( e.KeyChar == 13 || e.KeyChar == 27 ) { comboBoxLanguages.Hide(); } } private void CountryKeyPress (object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e) { if (e.KeyChar == 13 || e.KeyChar == 27) { comboBoxCountries.Hide(); } } private void LanguageSelected (object sender , System.EventArgs e) { int i = comboBoxLanguages.SelectedIndex; if ( i >= 0 ) { string str = comboBoxLanguages.Items[i].ToString(); item.SubItems[selectedSubItem].Text = str; } } private void CountrySelected (object sender, System.EventArgs e) { int i = comboBoxCountries.SelectedIndex; if (i >= 0) { string str = comboBoxCountries.Items[i].ToString(); item.SubItems[selectedSubItem].Text = str; } } private void LanguageFocusExit (object sender , System.EventArgs e) { comboBoxLanguages.Hide(); } private void CountryFocusExit(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { comboBoxCountries.Hide(); } public void ListViewDoubleClick (object sender, System.EventArgs e) { // Check whether the subitem was clicked int start = X ; int position = 0 ; int end = this.Columns[0].Width ; for ( int i=0; i { if ( start > position && start { selectedSubItem = i ; break; } position = end ; end += this.Columns[i].Width; } subItemText = item.SubItems[selectedSubItem].Text ; string column = this.Columns[selectedSubItem].Text ; if (column == "Languages" ) { Rectangle r = new Rectangle(position, item.Bounds.Top ,end , item.Bounds.Bottom); comboBoxLanguages.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(end - position , item.Bounds.Bottom-item.Bounds.Top); comboBoxLanguages.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(position, item.Bounds.Y); comboBoxLanguages.Show(); comboBoxLanguages.Text = subItemText; comboBoxLanguages.SelectAll(); comboBoxLanguages.Focus(); } else if(column == "Countries" ) { Rectangle r = new Rectangle(position, item.Bounds.Top, end, item.Bounds.Bottom); comboBoxCountries.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(end - position, item.Bounds.Bottom - item.Bounds.Top); comboBoxCountries.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(position, item.Bounds.Y); comboBoxCountries.Show(); comboBoxCountries.Text = subItemText; comboBoxCountries.SelectAll(); comboBoxCountries.Focus(); } } public void ListViewMouseDown (object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) { item = this.GetItemAt(e.X , e.Y); X = e.X ; Y = e.Y ; } } } thank you

How to add a combo box to a sub Item of a ListView control?

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