---
title: "How to: Get a ListBoxItem"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "ListBox controls [WPF], getting a ListBoxItem"
  - "ListBoxItem [WPF]"
ms.assetid: da877c6f-5fd8-40cb-8909-225cbfd99aa5
---
# How to: Get a ListBoxItem
If you need to get a specific <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ListBoxItem> at a particular index in a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ListBox>, you can use an <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ItemContainerGenerator>.  
  
## Example  
 The following example shows a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ListBox> and its items.  
  
 [!code-xaml[ListBoxItems#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ListBoxItems/CSharp/Window1.xaml#1)]  
  
 The following example shows how to retrieve the item by specifying the index of the item in the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex%2A> property of the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ItemContainerGenerator>.  
  
 [!code-csharp[ListBoxItems#2](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ListBoxItems/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#2)]
 [!code-vb[ListBoxItems#2](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ListBoxItems/VisualBasic/Window1.xaml.vb#2)]  
  
 After you have retrieved the list box item, you can display the contents of the item, as shown in the following example.  
  
 [!code-csharp[ListBoxItems#3](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ListBoxItems/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#3)]
 [!code-vb[ListBoxItems#3](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ListBoxItems/VisualBasic/Window1.xaml.vb#3)]