Adding controls to Listbox

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I know I can use listBox.Controls.Add(new Button()); but I need to add several controls as rows, preferably from a List and set it as datasource. I have tried the following with no success:

var list = new List<Control>();

list.Add(new Button());
list.Add(new Button());
list.Add(new Button());

listBox1.DataSource = list;

Dimo · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-04 12:01:33Z

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I have decided to use a flowLayoutPanel instead. This seems like the best option right now.

answered Oct 4, 2013 at 12:01

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Michael27 · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-04 11:21:25Z

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A ListBox is not designed to be a container control. Its scrollbar cannot scroll the controls. It is in general something you want to avoid, putting a lot of controls in, say, a Panel whose AutoScroll property is True will make your UI unresponsive. Controls are expensive objects.

answered Oct 4, 2013 at 11:21

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Dimo Over a year ago

what about DataGridView?

user2811184 Over a year ago

I found something on DataGridViews which is what you would want to do: stackoverflow.com/questions/7916919/… But to be honest; WPF is 10x more flexible to this type of program you want to write. Highly recommended

user2811184 Over a year ago

You could try to add the controls dynamically to the listbox; that will work for sure: social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/…

Dimo Over a year ago

yes but it only adds it to the first "row", not all the rows.

Vitaliy · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-04 11:36:13Z

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I would advise you to use StackPanel instead of Listbox you can read about here also, you must add Button object in you list and in StackPanel like this:

Button b = new Button();
list.Add(b);
stackPanel.Children.Add(b);

so you can work with you buttons in stack panel via list

edited Oct 4, 2013 at 11:36

answered Oct 4, 2013 at 11:30

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Vitaliy Over a year ago

sorry, I didn't know that question about winforms:(

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