ListIndex Property

Specifies the index number of the selected item in a ComboBox or ListBox control. Not available at design time; read/write at run time.

Control.ListIndex[ = nIndex]

Property Values

  • nIndex
    The settings for the ListIndex property are:
    Setting Description
    0 (Default) Indicates no items selected. For a combo box, this means that the user has entered a value not in the list.
    1 ... ListCount    The index of the selected item.

Remarks

The following displays the string of the selected item.

? List(MyList.ListIndex)

You can return the same value by using the control's Value property.

Setting the MultiSelect property of a ListBox to .T. allows more than one item to be selected. In this case, the ListIndex will contain the index of the item that currently has the selection border.

See Also

AddItem Method | AddListItem Method | IndexToItemID Method | ItemIDToIndex Method | List Property | ListItem Property | RemoveItem Method | Value Property

Applies To: ComboBox | ListBox