How to add list items to a ListView in C#winform?

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I have a list of objects. I want to add these items to a ListView. I'm trying to add each list item row wise but format is very bad, it should be in proper table type format.

 List<string> lst = new List<string>(); lst.Add("John dsfsfsdfs " + "1" + 100); lst.Add("Smith sdfsdfsdfs" + "2" + 120); lst.Add("Cait dsffffffffffffffffffffff" + "3" + 97); lst.Add("Irene" + "4" + 100); lst.Add("Ben" + "5" + 100); lst.Add("Deniel jjhkh " + "6" + 88); foreach(string pl in lst) { listView1.Items.Add(pl); }

Items are not visible and it should be in proper format.

The ListView control can display items in several ways. For tabular view make sure you set the View property to Details — IronGeek
– IronGeek, Commented May 8, 2017 at 7:31
i tried to set Details, but its was displaying blank listview — Vivek Nuna
– Vivek Nuna, Commented May 8, 2017 at 7:32
Have you set the Columns property? “If your ListView control does not have any column headers specified and you set the View property to Details, the ListView control will not display any items.” — IronGeek
– IronGeek, Commented May 8, 2017 at 8:06

Arkadiusz Raszeja · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-08 08:06:22Z

To make it multicolumn:

1) set the ListView into Details mode:

 listView1.View = View.Details;

2)set up your three columns:

 listView1.Columns.Add("Column1Name"); listView1.Columns.Add("Column2Name"); listView1.Columns.Add("Column3Name");

3) add your items:

 listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem(new string[]{"John dsfsfsdfs ", "1" , "100"}));

4) To make it more viewable try:

listView1.GridLines = true;

5) To hide columns headers:

 listView1.HeaderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeaderStyle.None;

It's correct if you just want to add list of strings o one-column listView :) In your case you shuld avoid it. Just use everything below "To make it multicolumn" and it will be fine :)
And it really does not work. You were right. I'll correct my answer, sorry

Nisarg Shah · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-03 12:24:37Z

You can use ListViewItem directly to create an item with subitems (-> "tabular") instead of just adding strings to your ListView:

listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"John dsfsfsdfs", "1", "100"})); listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"Smith sdfsdfsdfs", "2", "120"})); listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"Cait dsffffffffffffffffffffff", "3", "97"})); listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"Irene", "4", "100"})); listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"Ben", "5", "100"})); listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem (new[]{"Deniel jjhkh", "6", "88"}));

Thanks very much, exactly what I was looking for, straight and simple.

Mong Zhu · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-08 09:41:02Z

can you create a DataTable and bind it as a source

foreach (DataRow row in data.Rows) { ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem(row[0].ToString()); for (int i = 1; i < data.Columns.Count; i++) { item.SubItems.Add(row[i].ToString()); } listView_Services.Items.Add(item); }

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