ListItem.Value Property (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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ListItem..::.Value Property

Gets or sets the value associated with the ListItem.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Value As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ListItem
Dim value As String

value = instance.Value

instance.Value = value

public string Value { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ Value {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get Value () : String
public function set Value (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The value associated with the ListItem. The default is String..::.Empty.

Remarks

Use the Value property to specify or determine the value associated with the ListItem.

Note:
If the Value property contains nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the get accessor returns the value of the Text property. If the Text property, in turn, contains nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), String..::.Empty is returned.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.

Examples

Note:
The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Page Code Model.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!-- The following example demonstrates adding items to and removing items
from ListBox controls. When an item is selected in ListBox1, a new ListBoxItem with
the same value can be created and added to ListBox2, if ListBox2 does not already 
contain an item with that value. When the new ListBoxItem is created, it receives 
the Value property of the selected item as its Text property, and the Text property
of the selected item as its value property. -->

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
 <head>
    <title>ListItem Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

         Sub AddBtn_Click(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
             If ListBox1.SelectedIndex > -1 Then
                  If ListBox2.Items.FindByValue(ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text) is Nothing Then
                      Dim Item As ListItem = new ListItem()
                      'Text and Value are swapped
                     Item.Text = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Value
                     Item.Value = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text
                     ListBox2.Items.Add(Item)
                  End If
             End If
         End Sub

         Sub DelBtn_Click(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
             If ListBox2.SelectedIndex > -1 Then
                 ListBox2.Items.Remove(ListBox2.SelectedItem)
             End If
         End Sub

     </script>

 </head>
 <body>

     <h3>ListItem Example</h3>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
     <table>
     <tr><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox1" Width="100px" runat="server">
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 1">Item 1</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 2">Item 2</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 3">Item 3</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 4">Item 4</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 5" Selected="True">Item 5</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 6">Item 6</asp:ListItem>
         </asp:ListBox>
     </td><td>
         <asp:button Text="--->" OnClick="AddBtn_Click" runat="server" /><br />
         <asp:button Text="<---" OnClick="DelBtn_Click" runat="server" />
    </td><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox2" Width="100px" runat="server"/>
     </td></tr>
     </table>
     </form>

 </body>
 </html>

<!-- The following example demonstrates adding items to and removing items
from ListBox controls. When an item is selected in ListBox1, a new ListBoxItem with
the same value can be created and added to ListBox2, if ListBox2 does not already 
contain an item with that value. When the new ListBoxItem is created, it receives 
the Value property of the selected item as its Text property, and the Text property
of the selected item as its value property. -->

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
 <head>
    <title>ListItem Example</title>
<script runat="server">

         void AddBtn_Click(Object Sender, EventArgs e) 
         {
             if (ListBox1.SelectedIndex > -1) 
             {
                  if (ListBox2.Items.FindByValue(ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text) == null) 
                 {
                      ListItem Item = new ListItem();
                      // Text and Value are swapped.
                     Item.Text = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Value;
                     Item.Value = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text;
                     ListBox2.Items.Add(Item);
                  }
             }
         }

         void DelBtn_Click(Object Sender, EventArgs e) 
         {
             if (ListBox2.SelectedIndex > -1) 
             {
                 ListBox2.Items.Remove(ListBox2.SelectedItem);
             }
         }

     </script>

 </head>
 <body>

     <h3>ListItem Example</h3>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
     <table>
     <tr><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox1" Width="100px" runat="server">
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 1">Item 1</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 2">Item 2</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 3">Item 3</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 4">Item 4</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 5" Selected="True">Item 5</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 6">Item 6</asp:ListItem>
         </asp:ListBox>
     </td><td>
         <asp:button Text="--->" OnClick="AddBtn_Click" runat="server" /><br />
         <asp:button Text="<---" OnClick="DelBtn_Click" runat="server" />
    </td><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox2" Width="100px" runat="server"/>
     </td></tr>
     </table>
     </form>

 </body>
 </html>

JScript

<!-- The following example demonstrates adding items to and removing items
from ListBox controls. When an item is selected in ListBox1, a new ListBoxItem with
the same value can be created and added to ListBox2, if ListBox2 does not already 
contain an item with that value. When the new ListBoxItem is created, it receives 
the Value property of the selected item as its Text property, and the Text property
of the selected item as its value property. -->

<%@ Page Language="JScript" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
 <head>
    <title>ListItem Example</title>
<script language="JScript" runat="server">

         function AddBtn_Click(Sender : Object, e : EventArgs) 
         {
             if (ListBox1.SelectedIndex > -1) 
             {
                  if (ListBox2.Items.FindByValue(ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text)==null) 
                 {
                      var Item : ListItem = new ListItem();
                      // Text and Value are swapped.
                     Item.Text = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Value;
                     Item.Value = ListBox1.SelectedItem.Text;
                     ListBox2.Items.Add(Item);
                  }
             }
         }

         function DelBtn_Click(Sender : Object, e : EventArgs) 
         {
             if (ListBox2.SelectedIndex > -1) 
             {
                 ListBox2.Items.Remove(ListBox2.SelectedItem);
             }
         }

     </script>

 </head>
 <body>

     <h3>ListItem Example</h3>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
     <table>
     <tr><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox1" Width="100px" runat="server">
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 1">Item 1</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 2">Item 2</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 3">Item 3</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 4">Item 4</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 5" Selected="True">Item 5</asp:ListItem>
             <asp:ListItem Value="Value 6">Item 6</asp:ListItem>
         </asp:ListBox>
     </td><td>
         <asp:button Text="--->" OnClick="AddBtn_Click" runat="server" /><br />
         <asp:button Text="<---" OnClick="DelBtn_Click" runat="server" />
    </td><td>
         <asp:ListBox id="ListBox2" Width="100px" runat="server"/>
     </td></tr>
     </table>
     </form>

 </body>
 </html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

ListItem Class

ListItem Members

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

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