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Nathan
Nathan

Reputation: 1

Help with listView and .SelectedItem in C#

Within my winform(C#) I have listView with two columns, which is used to display the results from searching an array, which is the basic details of an array entry(All data within the array is type string). I am able to add and remove items to the listview, but I would like to be able to gain the value of the row that has been clicked within the listview.

I am planning to use this to update the display full entry info, but I cannot gain the value of the selected item. I was reading elsewhere and saw people mentioning the .SelectedIndex property, but this property is not available to me when I am trying to code.

I could use two listboxes instead of a listview, but the listview is much neater. Also, I am a sofware design (high school) student, and have been learning C# for one and a half years. I am competent at programming, but I start to get lost when things start to get very complex.

Can anybody help?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4409

Answers (5)

Nathan
Nathan

Reputation: 1

I have fixed the problem. After talking to a friend in my software class, he told me to use listView1.FocusedItem.Index, which works perfectly for my needs, as it gains the index of the selected item. Also, thank you to everyone for their input in trying to help me.

Upvotes: 0

FIre Panda
FIre Panda

Reputation: 6637

You could trap the SelectedIndexChanged event and in that you could do

ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection listItems= 
            this.myListView.SelectedItems;

        foreach ( ListViewItem item in listItems)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(item.SubItems[0].Text);
            MessageBox.Show(item.SubItems[1].Text);
        }

Upvotes: 0

Bolu
Bolu

Reputation: 8786

For ListView check SelectedItems

Upvotes: 0

Sergey K
Sergey K

Reputation: 4114

you should use the SelectedItem property and Tag property

var item = (MyClass)  listView1.SelectedItems[0].Tag;

tag property allow you to set any type for example MyClass when you populate the ListView set the Tag property.

Upvotes: 0

Felice Pollano
Felice Pollano

Reputation: 33272

The ListView.SelectedItems property works fine if the ListView is not in VirtualData mode.

Upvotes: 2

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