listbox alternating backcolor

[tcl4p]

Does anyone have vb.net code to set the backcolor on a list box on alternating rows? i.e. white one row, cyan the next.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[newguy]

This has been asked many times on many forums, the answer is not an easy one, would you consider a listview in 'list' view which looks the same and would be soooo much easier? This I can help you with.

 

[tcl4p]

Newguy,
Thanks, I did do a search, but didn't find much. If nothing else comes back I'll switch to another control, where its available.

Tom

 

[JohnH]

For ListBox you have to set DrawMode to OwnerDrawFixed and handle the DrawItem event, see DrawMode/DrawItem in help for code example.
ListView is much easier as you can just set BackColor for each ListViewItem (calculate index Mod 2 to alternate).