--- title: "ListView Styles and Templates" ms.date: "03/30/2017" helpviewer_keywords: - "parts [WPF], ListView" - "states [WPF], ListView" - "ControlTemplate [WPF], ListView" - "styles [WPF], ListView" - "ListView [WPF], styles and templates" - "templates [WPF], ListView" ms.assetid: d2387356-2171-4785-822a-7247e024b4ee --- # ListView Styles and Templates This topic describes the styles and templates for the control. You can modify the default to give the control a unique appearance. For more information, see [Create a template for a control](how-to-create-apply-template.md). ## ListView Parts The control does not have any named parts. When you create a for a , your template might contain an within a . (The displays each item in the ; the enables scrolling within the control). If the is not the direct child of the , you must give the the name, `ItemsPresenter`. ## ListView States The following table lists the visual states for the control. |VisualState Name|VisualStateGroup Name|Description| |-|-|-| |Valid|ValidationStates|The control uses the class and the attached property is `false`.| |InvalidFocused|ValidationStates|The attached property is `true` has the control has focus.| |InvalidUnfocused|ValidationStates|The attached property is `true` has the control does not have focus.| ## ListViewItem Parts The control does not have any named parts. ## ListViewItem States The following table lists the states for the control. |VisualState Name|VisualStateGroup Name|Description| |-|-|-| |Normal|CommonStates|The default state.| |Disabled|CommonStates|The control is disabled.| |MouseOver|CommonStates|The mouse pointer is over the control.| |Focused|FocusStates|The control has focus.| |Unfocused|FocusStates|The control does not have focus.| |Selected|SelectionStates|The item is currently selected.| |Unselected|SelectionStates|The item is not selected.| |SelectedUnfocused|SelectionStates|The item is selected, but does not have focus.| |Valid|ValidationStates|The control uses the class and the attached property is `false`.| |InvalidFocused|ValidationStates|The attached property is `true` has the control has focus.| |InvalidUnfocused|ValidationStates|The attached property is `true` has the control does not have focus.| ## ListView ControlTemplate Examples The following example shows how to define a for the control and its associated types. [!code-xaml[ControlTemplateExamples#ListView](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ControlTemplateExamples/CS/resources/listview.xaml#listview)] The examples use one or more of the following resources. [!code-xaml[ControlTemplateExamples#Resources](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ControlTemplateExamples/CS/resources/shared.xaml#resources)] For the complete sample, see [Styling with ControlTemplates Sample](https://github.com/Microsoft/WPF-Samples/tree/master/Styles%20&%20Templates/IntroToStylingAndTemplating). ## See also - - - [Control Styles and Templates](control-styles-and-templates.md) - [Control Customization](control-customization.md) - [Styling and Templating](styles-templates-overview.md) - [Create a template for a control](how-to-create-apply-template.md)