C# listview - embedding controls

Question

Can anybody help me with embedding controls in the listview. I need to add button controls as subitem of listview. thanks

Answer 1

Well, you could be talking about the Windows Forms ListView, in which case you're pretty much SOL (sh*t outta luck.) You can custom draw on the ListView but even that has limitations in Windows Forms.

Or you could be talking about the Windows Presentation Foundation ListView. In this case it's really quite simple. You can create a DataTemplate that you associate with the ListView's columnn. Here's an example.

Or finally you could be talking about the ASP.NET ListView control which also has data templating support but the implementation is a bit different from WPF. Here's an example of that.

Answer 2

Use ObjectListView control which is opensource. It is excellent and is derived from ListView in Window.Forms.

Answer 3

Try Better ListView Express. It is free and allows custom embedded controls:

Better ListView has been created to fix known issues of the regular .NET ListView and solve common issues such as this one out of the box.