Gets or sets the width of the column.
(in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
'Usage
Dim instance As ColumnHeader
Dim value As Integer
value = instance.Width
instance.Width = value
'Declaration
Public Property Width As Integer
This property enables you to set the Width of the ColumnHeader. The ColumnHeader can be set to adjust at run time to the column contents or heading. To adjust the width of the longest item in the column, set the Width property to -1. To autosize to the width of the column heading, set the Width property to -2.
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Unexpected behavior can result when the combined width of all columns exceeds 32,768 pixels. |
The following code example demonstrates initializing a ListView control. The example creates ColumnHeader objects and sets the column header's Text, TextAlign and Width properties. The example also adds items and subitems to the ListView. To run this example paste the following code in a form and call the PopulateListView method from the form's constructor or Load event handler.
Private Sub PopulateListView()
ListView1.Width = 270
ListView1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 10)
' Declare and construct the ColumnHeader objects.
Dim header1, header2 As ColumnHeader
header1 = New ColumnHeader
header2 = New ColumnHeader
' Set the text, alignment and width for each column header.
header1.Text = "File name"
header1.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left
header1.Width = 70
header2.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Left
header2.Text = "Location"
header2.Width = 200
' Add the headers to the ListView control.
ListView1.Columns.Add(header1)
ListView1.Columns.Add(header2)
' Populate the ListView.Items property.
' Set the directory to the sample picture directory.
Dim dirInfo As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo _
("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" _
& "\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures")
Dim file As System.IO.FileInfo
' Get the .jpg files from the directory
Dim files() As System.io.FileInfo = dirInfo.GetFiles("*.jpg")
' Add each file name and full name including path
' to the ListView.
If (files IsNot Nothing) Then
For Each file In files
Dim item As New ListViewItem(file.Name)
item.SubItems.Add(file.FullName)
ListView1.Items.Add(item)
Next
End If
End Sub
The example creates ColumnHeader objects and sets the column header's Text,
TextAlign and Width properties. The example also adds items
and subitems to the ListView.
To run this example paste the following code in a form and call
the PopulateListView method from the form's constructor or
Load method.
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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
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.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
Reference