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ListBox.PreferredHeight Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets the combined height of all items in the ListBox.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

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[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public int PreferredHeight { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The combined height, in pixels, of all items in the control.

Remarks

This property enables you to determine the height that the ListBox needs to be sized to, in order to display every available item in the list and to avoid displaying vertical scroll bars. If the amount of items in the ListBox is large, sizing the control using the value of the PreferredHeight property might cause the ListBox to be sized outside of the client area of the form or the ListBox container.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to set the Size property of a ListBox based on the value of the PreferredHeight property in order to display all items in the ListBox without use of scroll bars. This example requires that a ListBox control, named listBox1, has been added to a form.

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private void SizeMyListBox()
{
   // Add items to the ListBox.
   for(int x = 0; x < 20; x++)
   {
      listBox1.Items.Add("Item " + x.ToString());
   }
   // Set the height of the ListBox to the preferred height to display all items.
   listBox1.Height = listBox1.PreferredHeight;
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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.Forms Namespace

Height

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