.NET Framework Class Library
ListView.HotTracking Property

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the text of an item or subitem has the appearance of a hyperlink when the mouse pointer passes over it.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property HotTracking As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As ListView
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.HotTracking

instance.HotTracking = value
C#
public bool HotTracking { get; set; }
C++
public:
property bool HotTracking {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
J#
/** @property */
public boolean get_HotTracking ()

/** @property */
public void set_HotTracking (boolean value)
JScript
public function get HotTracking () : boolean

public function set HotTracking (value : boolean)

Property Value

true if the item text has the appearance of a hyperlink when the mouse passes over it; otherwise, false. The default is false.
Remarks

Enabling hot tracking willcause the Activation property to be set to OneClick andtheHoverSelection property to be set to true. In addition, run-time label editing is not allowed when hot tracking is enabled.

Example

The following code example demonstrates a ListView with hot tracking enabled. To run this example, paste the following code into a Windows Form and call the InitializeHotTrackingListView method from the form's constructor or Load event handler.

Visual Basic
Private list As New ImageList()
Private hotTrackinglistView As New ListView()


Private Sub InitializeHotTrackingListView()
    list.Images.Add(New Bitmap(GetType(Button), "Button.bmp"))
    hotTrackinglistView.SmallImageList = list
    hotTrackinglistView.Location = New Point(20, 20)
    hotTrackinglistView.View = View.SmallIcon
    Dim listItem1 As New ListViewItem("Short", 0)
    Dim listItem2 As New ListViewItem("Tiny", 0)
    hotTrackinglistView.Items.Add(listItem1)
    hotTrackinglistView.Items.Add(listItem2)
    hotTrackinglistView.HotTracking = True
    Me.Controls.Add(hotTrackinglistView)

End Sub
C#
private ImageList list = new ImageList();
private ListView hotTrackinglistView = new ListView();

private void InitializeHotTrackingListView(){
    list.Images.Add(new Bitmap(typeof(Button), "Button.bmp"));
    hotTrackinglistView.SmallImageList = list;
    hotTrackinglistView.Location = new Point(20, 20);
    hotTrackinglistView.View = View.SmallIcon;
    ListViewItem listItem1 = new ListViewItem("Short", 0 );
    ListViewItem listItem2 = new ListViewItem("Tiny", 0);
    hotTrackinglistView.Items.Add(listItem1);
    hotTrackinglistView.Items.Add(listItem2);
    hotTrackinglistView.HotTracking = true;
    this.Controls.Add(hotTrackinglistView);
}
Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0
See Also

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