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ListBox.SelectedItems Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets the currently selected items.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Syntax

C++

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public IList SelectedItems { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Collections.IList
Returns a collection of the currently selected items.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	SelectedItemsProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	The SelectionMode property is set to Single.

Remarks

This property is meant to be used when SelectionMode does not equal Single. If the selection mode is Single the correct property to use is SelectedItem.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the SelectedItems property to determine whether a list box has any selected items.


private void SelectedItems(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (lb.SelectedItem != null)
    {
        label1.Content = "Has " + (lb.SelectedItems.Count.ToString()) + " item(s) selected.";
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

ListBox Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

Other Resources

Read-Only Dependency Properties

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