ListViewItem.Tag Property

Definition

Gets or sets an object that contains data to associate with the item.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Tag { System::Object ^ get(); void set(System::Object ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.ComponentModel.StringConverter))]
public object Tag { get; set; }
[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.ComponentModel.StringConverter))]
public object? Tag { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.ComponentModel.StringConverter))>]
member this.Tag : obj with get, set
Public Property Tag As Object

Property Value

An object that contains information that is associated with the item.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to initialize a ListViewItem and set the Tag and Text properties. To run this example, place the following code in a form that contains a ListView named ListView1, and call InitializeListViewItems from the form's constructor or Load event-handling method.

private:
   void InitializeListViewItems()
   {
      ListView1->View = View::List;
      array<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>^favoriteCursors = {Cursors::Help,Cursors::Hand,Cursors::No,Cursors::Cross};
      
      // Populate the ListView control with the array of Cursors.
      System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = favoriteCursors->GetEnumerator();
      while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
      {
         System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^ aCursor = safe_cast<System::Windows::Forms::Cursor^>(myEnum->Current);
         
         // Construct the ListViewItem object
         ListViewItem^ item = gcnew ListViewItem;
         
         // Set the Text property to the cursor name.
         item->Text = aCursor->ToString();
         
         // Set the Tag property to the cursor.
         item->Tag = aCursor;
         
         // Add the ListViewItem to the ListView.
         ListView1->Items->Add( item );
      }
   }
private void InitializeListViewItems()
{
    ListView1.View = View.List;

    Cursor[] favoriteCursors = new Cursor[]{Cursors.Help, 
        Cursors.Hand, Cursors.No, Cursors.Cross};

    // Populate the ListView control with the array of Cursors.
    foreach ( Cursor aCursor in favoriteCursors )
    {

        // Construct the ListViewItem object
        ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem();

        // Set the Text property to the cursor name.
        item.Text = aCursor.ToString();

        // Set the Tag property to the cursor.
        item.Tag = aCursor;

        // Add the ListViewItem to the ListView.
        ListView1.Items.Add(item);
    }
}
Private Sub InitializeListViewItems()
    ListView1.View = View.List
    Dim aCursor As Cursor

    Dim favoriteCursors() As Cursor = New Cursor() _
                {Cursors.Help, Cursors.Hand, Cursors.No, Cursors.Cross}

    ' Populate the ListView control with the array of Cursors.
    For Each aCursor In favoriteCursors

        ' Construct the ListViewItem object
        Dim item As New ListViewItem

        ' Set the Text property to the cursor name.
        item.Text = aCursor.ToString

        ' Set the Tag property to the cursor.
        item.Tag = aCursor

        ' Add the ListViewItem to the ListView.
        ListView1.Items.Add(item)
    Next
End Sub

Remarks

The Tag property can be used to store any object that you want to associate with an item. Although you can store any item, the Tag property is typically used to store string information about the item, such as a unique identifier or the index position of the item's data in a database.

Applies to