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<br><h1>Empty Text</h1>
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<p class="note">Empty text feature is not supported in <strong><em>Better ListView
Express</em></strong>.</p>
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<br><p>This feature displays text when Better ListView is empty (does not
contain any items and groups).</p>
<p>A typical use case is file browser, showing "This folder is empty."
text when there are no files to display.</p>
<p>Better ListView can display such arbitrary text with custom font and
color.</p>
<p>The text can be of multiple lines and is automatically trimmed if
there is not enough space.</p>
<p class="images"><img src="empty-text.png"></p>
<p>To add an empty text, simply set the <span class="code">EmptyText</span> property
value. You can simply pass a value of type <span class="code">String</span> (there is an
implicit conversion defined) or <span class="code">BetterListViewEmptyText</span> (which
allows for settings custom font and color).</p>
<p>An explicit conversion of <span class="code">BetterListViewEmptyText</span> to
<span class="code">String</span> is also defined.</p>
<h2>Sample Source Code</h2>
<p>This minimalist sample shows how to easily set an empty text with
default style:</p>
<p><strong>C#</strong></p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-cs">this.listView.EmptyText = "Text displayed on empty list.";</code></pre>
<p><strong>Visual Basic</strong></p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-vb">ListView.EmptyText = "Text displayed on empty list."</code></pre>
<p>This sample show setting empty text with custom font and
color:</p>
<p><strong>C#</strong></p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-cs">// set empty text with custom style
this.listView.EmptyText = new BetterListViewEmptyText(
"Text displayed on empty list.",
new Font("Arial", 12.0f, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic),
Color.DarkBlue);</code></pre>
<p><strong>Visual Basic</strong></p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="lang-vb">' set empty text with custom style
ListView.EmptyText = New BetterListViewEmptyText (
"Text displayed on empty list.",
New Font ("Arial", 12.0F, FontStyle.Bold Or FontStyle.Italic),
Color.DarkBlue)</code></pre>
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