---
title: "ListView Control"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "lists"
  - "checked list items [Windows Forms], Windows Forms controls"
  - "user interface [Windows Forms], creating"
  - "lists [Windows Forms], items with icons"
  - "icons [Windows Forms], listing with items"
  - "list views"
  - "ListView control [Windows Forms]"
  - "list controls [Windows Forms], List view"
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---
# ListView Control (Windows Forms)
The Windows Forms `ListView` control displays a list of items with icons. You can use a list view to create a user interface like the right pane of Windows Explorer.  
  
## In This Section  
 [ListView Control Overview](listview-control-overview-windows-forms.md)  
 Describes this control and its key features and properties.  
  
 [How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-add-and-remove-items-with-the-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to add or remove items from a list view.  
  
 [How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-add-columns-to-the-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to create columns in order to display information about each list item.  
  
 [How to: Display Icons for the Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-display-icons-for-the-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to associate a list view with an appropriate image list for displaying large or small icons.  
  
 [How to: Display Subitems in Columns with the Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-display-subitems-in-columns-with-the-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to display information about each list item in columns.  
  
 [How to: Select an Item in the Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-select-an-item-in-the-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to programmatically select an item.  
  
 [How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-group-items-in-a-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to create groups for categorized display and how to assign items to each group.  
  
 [How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-enable-tile-view-in-a-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to display items as tiles, each of which is comprised of a large icon and multiple lines of text.  
  
 [How to: Display an Insertion Mark in a Windows Forms ListView Control](how-to-display-an-insertion-mark-in-a-windows-forms-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to implement user-feedback for drag-and-drop operations in which an insertion mark indicates the drop location for each mouse-pointer position.  
  
 [How to: Add Search Capabilities to a ListView Control](how-to-add-search-capabilities-to-a-listview-control.md)  
 Describes how to programmatically find an item using either text search or screen coordinates.  
  
- [How to: Enable Tile View in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer](enable-tile-view-in-a-wf-listview-control-using-the-designer.md)  
  
- [How to: Add and Remove Items with the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer](add-and-remove-items-with-wf-listview-control-using-the-designer.md)  
  
- [How to: Add Columns to the Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer](how-to-add-columns-to-the-windows-forms-listview-control-using-the-designer.md)  
  
- [How to: Group Items in a Windows Forms ListView Control Using the Designer](how-to-group-items-in-a-windows-forms-listview-control-using-the-designer.md)  
  
- [Walkthrough: Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer](creating-an-explorer-style-interface-with-the-listview-and-treeview.md)  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ListView> class  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
## Related Sections  
 [How to: Add Custom Information to a TreeView or ListView Control (Windows Forms)](add-custom-information-to-a-treeview-or-listview-control-wf.md)  
 Describes how to inherit from an item in a list view or a node in a tree view in order to add any fields, methods, or constructors you need.  
  
 [ImageList Component](imagelist-component-windows-forms.md)  
 Explains what an image list is and its key features and properties.  
  
 [How to: Create a Multipane User Interface with Windows Forms](how-to-create-a-multipane-user-interface-with-windows-forms.md)  
 Gives instructions for laying out a Windows Form with multiple panes.  
  
## See also

- [Controls to Use on Windows Forms](controls-to-use-on-windows-forms.md)
