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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
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<ul class="common">
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<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
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<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
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<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
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<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
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<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
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<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
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<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
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<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
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<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
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<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
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Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
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<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
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</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
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<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
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</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
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<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
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</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
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<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
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You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
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<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
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Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
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<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
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You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
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<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
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Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
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<h3>Column header images</h3>
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You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
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<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
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You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
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<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
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Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
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<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
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You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
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<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
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Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
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<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
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<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
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Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
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<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
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Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
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<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
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Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
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<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
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Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
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<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
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Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
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<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
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All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
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Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
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<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
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<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
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You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
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<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
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Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
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<h3>Richer event data</h3>
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Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
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<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
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You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
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<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
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Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
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<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
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<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
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You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
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<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
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You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
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<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
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<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
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Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
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<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
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Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
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<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
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Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
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<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
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<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
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Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
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<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
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<h3>Background image support</h3>
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Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
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<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
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<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
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Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
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<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
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<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
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The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
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<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
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<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
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Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
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<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
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You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
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<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
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Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
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<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
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Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
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<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
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Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
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<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
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<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
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Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
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<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
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You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
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<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
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<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
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with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
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</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
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<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
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<ul class="common">
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<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
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<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
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<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
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<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
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<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
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</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
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<ul class="common">
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<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
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<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
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<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
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<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
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<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
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<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
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<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
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||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
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||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<ul class="common">
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||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
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||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
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||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
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||||
</ul>
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||||
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||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
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||||
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||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
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||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
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</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
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|
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div></div></div></div>
|
||||
@@ -135,236 +135,236 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div></div></div></div>
|
||||
@@ -135,236 +135,236 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
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|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div></div></div></div>
|
||||
@@ -135,236 +135,236 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
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|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div></div></div></div>
|
||||
@@ -135,236 +135,236 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
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||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
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|
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||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
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||||
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|
||||
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|
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
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||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
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|
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<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
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|
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<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
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|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
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|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
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|
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|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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||||
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|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
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|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
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||||
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||||
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<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<ul class="common">
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||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
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||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
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||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
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||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
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||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
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||||
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||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
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<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
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||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
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||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
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||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
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|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div></div></div></div>
|
||||
@@ -135,236 +135,236 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
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||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
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|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
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||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
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||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
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|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
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||||
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|
||||
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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||||
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||||
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|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
|
||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
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<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<ul class="common">
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<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
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||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
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||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
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||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
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<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
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<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
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||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
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</ul>
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||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
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||||
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||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
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||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
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||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
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||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
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</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
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||||
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||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
|
||||
<div class="dropdown-category">WinForms Components</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../page/6/index.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-32-1355160256.png?1355135056" /> Better ListView<br /><span class="subline">Ultimate ListView control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="featured-item"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-thumbnail-browser-32-1355160281.png?1355135081" /> Better Thumbnail Browser<br /><span class="subline">Thumbnail loading and browsing control for .NET</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-splitbutton.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-splitbutton-32-1355160307.png?1355135107" /> Better SplitButton<br /><span class="subline">Free customizable dropdown button control</span></a>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express.html"><img alt="icon" src="/assets/icons/better-listview-express-32-1355160327.png?1355135127" /> Better ListView Express<br /><span class="subline">Free edition with less features</span></a>
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
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||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
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||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
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||||
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||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="features-page">
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Better ListView is a <strong>list view control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
|
||||
<li>Designed as a replacement for the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
|
||||
<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
|
||||
<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.</li>
|
||||
<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView has <strong>more features and flexibility</strong>, always uses the <strong>current system theme</strong> (including <strong>Aero</strong> support), and <strong>removes limitations</strong> of the regular .NET list view control.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Minimum learning needed</strong>. Better ListView can be used just like the regular list view.</li>
|
||||
<li>Written in <strong>pure managed C# code</strong>. It is fast, <strong>light-weight</strong> and optimized for 10k+ items.</li>
|
||||
<li>Easy royalty-free deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB when compressed.</li>
|
||||
<li>The assembly is <strong><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/fipsinfo.cfm" target="_blank">FIPS-compliant</a></strong>, CLS-compliant, <strong>digitally signed</strong> and strongly named.</li>
|
||||
<li>Tested in the real world by thousands of users</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Better ListView control" src="/assets/images/7/Overview Collage_original_1367470843.png?1367445643" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Extra features summary</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView is fast and flicker-free, supports hierarchical items, has improved grouping, better drag & drop and item reordering support, better column headers, inbuilt sorting, multi-column sorting, better images support, context menus for column headers and items, embedded controls for editing support, automatic and custom sizing of items and images, thumbnails view, richer event data, item text formatting, XML and binary serialization, data-binding, owner-drawing options, better tooltips, powerful hit-test, improved usability, easy saving/loading of contents into file or string, multi-line items, and more.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Component Owl created <b>the one and only tool I don’t want to be without when it comes to software developing in Visual Studio</b>. Also, I’ve been working as software user/developer for the last 26 years, and <b>I have never before experienced a support that really goes the needed extra mile to make things work</b>, like the guys at Component Owl do.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Göran Alfvén, Sweden</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
Better List View is <b>awesome</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hierarchical items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can create tree-like structures in Better ListView; inbuilt drag & drop hierarchical reordering of items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Improved grouping</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better grouping – customizable group headers look and behavior, collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable, etc. Each group header can be customized individually.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Save/load contents with 1 line of code</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can save or load the contents of Better ListView in just 1 line of code, either to file or string. Both XML and binary serialization is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Double-buffered and flicker free</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Simply put, Better ListView is smooth. Regular listview requires multiple anti-flicker techniques, but you do not have to worry about that with Better ListView. Better ListView is optimized for 100k+ items.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column header images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use images in column headers. Custom image sizes are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Images" src="/assets/images/8/Column Header Images_original_1298620501.png?1298595301" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Sub-item images</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set images to list view sub-items. Regular list view allows you to set only one image per list view item, but Better ListView can show image for every sub-item (in every column).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image-List and Image Support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports both image list, or individual image objects (System.Drawing.Image). Regular list view forces you to use ImageList object.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view Image size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can use any image size in the list view. Better ListView can also automatically resize images with preserving aspect ratio.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Drag & drop with insertion mark</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Highly customizable drag-drop for both internal and external drag-drop. You can use drop highlight or insertion mark drag drop modes.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Item Reordering Mark Preview" src="/assets/images/21/List View Item Reordering Mark Preview_original_1298631798.png?1298606598" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>List view item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt item reordering and item drag & drop inserting at the position specified by user. Drag & drop preview is shown using an insertion mark.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column-header reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt easy drag & drop column header reordering that is much easier to use than in the regular list view. Insertion mark is shown, auto-scrolling is supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark" src="/assets/images/9/Column Header Reordering With Insertion Mark_original_1298621331.png?1298596131" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Auto-scroll for column header reordering and item reordering</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt auto-scrolling for column header and item reordering.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Column headers can be shown in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can display column headers in all views - Details, SmallIcons, LargeIcons, List, Tile, Thumbnails. This allows users to sort items in all views. Additionally, you can also hide the column headers even in the details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Headers in LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/10/Column Headers In LargeIcons View_original_1298622038.png?1298596838" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Thumbnails view mode</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports additional "thumbnails" view mode that allows you to view images of large sizes. The images are automatically and smoothly resized with preserved aspect ratio. You can define the maximum/minimum desired image sizes.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Image shadows, borders and padding</h3>
|
||||
All images in Better ListView can have border or shadow specified. You can also specify padding that gives you space for owner drawing (eg. overlay images). This can be used in all views.
|
||||
|
||||
Image shadows like in Windows 7 theme are supported. Windows Explorer uses very similar shadows for image thumbnails.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders" src="/assets/images/11/ListView Image Shadows and Image Borders_original_1298622678.png?1298597478" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-column sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can sort by multiple columns in Better ListView. Simply shift+click a secondary (or third, etc) column to add it to the current sort. Zero code needed. Additionally, the background of the primary (first) sort column can be highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Multi Column Sort in List View" src="/assets/images/12/Multi Column Sort in List View_original_1298623013.png?1298597813" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Inbuilt sorting and natural sorting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has inbuilt list view sorting that works out of the box. You no longer need to implement your own item comparer. If custom comparer is needed, you can inherit from the Better ListView comparer to save time.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Richer event data</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Many events have richer event data that allow you to do extra operations or tell you extra useful information. The richer events include: AfterItemSort, BeforeDrag, BeforeItemSort, ColumnClick (allows you to cancel sort), DragDropException, DrawBackground, DrawColumnHeaderBackground, DrawColumnHeader, DrawItemBackground, DrawItem, HitTestChanged, ItemActivate (event data tells you how the item got activated - mouse, keyboard or code), ItemDrag, ItemDrop, ItemReorder, ItemSearch, LabelEdit, RequestEmebeddedControl.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Checkboxes in all views</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can have checkboxes in LargeIcons view, SmallIcons view, List view, Thumbnails view and of course also in the Details view.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Checkboxes In LargeIcons View" src="/assets/images/13/Checkboxes In LargeIcons View_original_1298623385.png?1298598185" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Three state checkboxes</h3>
|
||||
Three state checkboxes are supported in Better ListView:
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Three-State Checkboxes in List View" src="/assets/images/14/Three State Checkboxes in List View_original_1298624577.png?1298599377" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Hide or show checkboxes of specific ListView Items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can hide checkbox for any ListViewItem. You can also show checkboxes only for specified items. All list items in Better ListView have "AllowShowCheckBox" property.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" src="/assets/images/23/show-or-hide-checkboxes-for-specific-listview-items_original_1299748307.png?1299723107" title="Show or hide checkboxes for specific listview items" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Powerful list view tooltips</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can display tooltips for nearly any part of Better ListView - tooltips for items, sub-items, checkboxes, item images, sub-item images, column headers, column header images, column header borders, and even for custom areas (regions). Owner-drawn tooltips are supported.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Regional Tooltips and Owner Drawn Tooltips" src="/assets/images/15/List View Tooltips Region And Owner Drawn Tooltips_original_1298632357.png?1298607157" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Uses current Windows theme</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of implementing custom, un-native look and feel, Better ListView always automatically fully uses the current system theme. It supports Aero as well. Better ListView always looks great and feels right to the user.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>XML and binary serialization of everything</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Every part of Better ListView (items, sub-items, column headers) can be both binary and XML serialized. You can easily XML serialize whole list view (or binary serialize) to save it to file or transfer items between controls. Standard ways of .NET serialization can be used (BinaryFormatter, XmlSerializer).
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Owner drawing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView allows you to draw over the client area, items and column headers. Contrary to .NET ListView, owner drawing is fully operational even when the system uses Aero theme. You can draw separately to background and foreground parts of Better ListView without worrying about proper drawing order. Owner drawing events provide rich data, including exact item state and areas of every item part.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient" src="/assets/images/22/List View Owner Drawing Background Gradient_original_1298633053.png?1298607853" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Multi-line items</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports multi-line items. Items with very long text can be displayed on multiple lines. Highly customizable and powerful: Focused items can have custom number of lines; hard line breaks supported as well. Foreground overlay "watermark" images are easily achievable using owner-drawing.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312133213" alt="Multi-line items"></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Background image support</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Display background image in Better ListView easily using the BackgroundImage property. Many layouts (stretch, tile, none), alignments (top, bottom, left, right, center and combinations) are supported, as well as customizable opacity.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="ListView Background Image" src="/assets/images/27/Background-Images_original_1326106027.png?1326080827" title="ListView Background Image" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Context menu for column headers, list items, and empty area</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView supports 3 types of context menus: Column header context menu, list view items context menu, and empty area context menu (when right-clicking white space).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Column Header Context Menu in List View" src="/assets/images/17/Column Header Context Menu in List View_original_1298721855.png?1298696655" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Advanced hit-test with detailed information</h3>
|
||||
The hit test in Better ListView returns very detailed information. It tells you not only the location (Client Area, Sub-Item, Sub-Item Text, Sub-Item Image, Checkbox, Column Header Image, and many more), but it also tells you the state of the item, and part of the item (left or right).
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" src="/assets/images/26/Advanced-Hit-Test_original_1326105831.png?1326080631" title="Advanced Hit-Test With Detailed Information" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Customizable search-by-typing</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView has excellent customization functionality for find-as-you-type item searching. The search modes include: Prefix (searchs from beginning of items), Substring (search any part of item text), Prefix + Substring, or Disabled. Additionally, search options include: Case sensitive, search first word only, play sound when item not found, prefer prefixes, search whole words. You can also restrict the search to only certain columns. You can also call "FindItemsWithText" function to find items from code.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Display text when the list view is empty</h3>
|
||||
You can display a gray text centered in the list view if it's empty to hint or educate users. This will make your software more user friendly.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Show Text When List View is Empty" src="/assets/images/18/Show Text When List View is Empty_original_1298629916.png?1298604716" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Embed controls for item editing</h3>
|
||||
Inbuilt in-line editing support includes label edit, combobox edit, date picker edit. You can also embed any custom control for in-line editing. Sub-item editing is supported. Highly customizable.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing" src="/assets/images/19/Custom Embedded Control in List View for Editing_original_1298630263.png?1298605063" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>ListView item text formatting</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Supports both text trimming and auto-ellipsis for text that's too long. You can choose from: TrimCharacter, TrimWord, EllipsisCharacter, EllipsisWord, EllipsisPath (for file paths). Column header text can be broken into multiple lines.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Focusable ListView sub-items and groups</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Focus sub-items or groups in Better ListView easily with keyboard. Just use the arrow keys. (This is impossible with the regular .NET ListView)
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" src="/assets/images/25/focus-list-view-sub-items_original_1313674098.png?1313648898" title="Focusable sub-items in Better ListView" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Automatic list view layout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
Better ListView can auto-size item images, item text, column header images, column header text.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Custom list view item size</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
You can set custom sizes for item text area and item images. You can also set custom size for column header text area and column header images. (Text area size is different from font size, text area size basically defines the size of the list view item.) This enables you to make tiny/huge column headers or list view items.
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="image"><img alt="Custom Item Size in List View" src="/assets/images/20/Custom Item Size in List View_original_1298630739.png?1298605539" /></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
It's an odd thing when you're inspired by a form component, but Component Owl
|
||||
with their Better ListView has done it. Love its native feel.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>Daniel N, USA</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>More advantages of our improved list view component:</h2>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong>: All classes and properties are as similar to the regular list view as possible. Everything is intuitive, very little learning is needed. You can use Better ListView immediately. <strong>Save time and ship sooner</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Better ListView has improved usability and fixed behavior</strong>. All Windows users are familiar with the list view used in Windows Explorer. Better ListView mimicks behavior and look & feel of the Windows Explorer list view as much as possible to leverage the existing user knowledge. <strong>Using Better ListView is pleasant for users.</strong> Many other list view components implement custom look and behavior and can oftentimes downright frustrate users (many controls don't even support mouse-wheel scrolling!) This doesn't happen with Better ListView.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Guaranteed support and continued development</strong>: Better ListView is developed as a joint-venture of two software companies that use Better ListView in their main products (popular <strong><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.imagingshop.com" target="_blank">ImagingShop</a></strong>). These applications are used by thousands of users daily. This is your guarantee that Better ListView will be supported and developed in the future.</li>
|
||||
<li><strong>Tested in real world applications by thousands of users</strong>: Because Better ListView is used in professional consumer desktop software applications - Swift To-Do List and ImagingShop, thousands of users work with Better ListView every day. Although we use unit tests that cover most of code, and do thorough inhouse testing, this is your true guarantee that it is tested thoroughly in the real world. It is <strong>extremely stable</strong>.</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView does <strong>not</strong> inherit from the regular .NET list view. It is written in pure managed C# code and is flexible, light weight, and fast. Extensions of the regular .net list view only go so far. Better ListView goes further. Soure code licenses are also available for ultimate customization.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
</div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<div class="newsletter">
|
||||
<form action="http://www.componentowl.com/subscriptions" class="new_subscription" id="new_subscription_product" method="post" onsubmit="if (!validate_newsletter_form(this)) return false; jQuery.ajax({data:jQuery.param(jQuery(this).serializeArray()) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM='), dataType:'script', type:'post', url:'/subscriptions'}); return false;"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="dJeFtbWrARc0arEomU+SG+XtypwJr2F4Kc9v14woStM=" /></div> <input id="subscription_subscription_location_id" name="subscription[subscription_location_id]" type="hidden" value="512994065" />
|
||||
@@ -408,17 +408,17 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
</form></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot">
|
||||
<p><a href="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a></p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0.html">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="../better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="../betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ provided.</p>
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -123,185 +123,185 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail">The tables below explain the main differences between <strong>regular .NET list view</strong> and <strong>Better ListView</strong>. However, it would be a mistake to look on Better ListView just as an improved or fixed listview - it can do so much more. The <strong><a href="/blog/page/6/index">Overview</a></strong> and our <strong><a href="/blog/tag/better-listview-2/index">blog</a></strong> highlights many of these extra features and possibilities.
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Better behavior and fixed issues:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Some events fire twice bug</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Selection behavior different from Windows Explorer</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Drag & Drop behavior different from Windows Explorer</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Checkboxes do not stay in the first column when the first column is reordered</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Non-standard checkboxes behavior (e.g. when using spacebar)</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Non-standard look, incompatible with system themes</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Always uses system theme. Looks great on all Windows versions. Works with Windows 7 themes and Aero</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Removed limitations:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Just one image per item</td>
|
||||
<td>Enhanced; Each sub-item can have image</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No group header customization</td>
|
||||
<td>Added, each group header is fully customizable</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>ImageList must be used to display images</td>
|
||||
<td>Both ImageList and Image instances can be used</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Simple sorting only</td>
|
||||
<td>Multi-column sorting; Users can use Shift+Click to add additional columns to the sort</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Three-state checkboxes not supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Support for both two-state and three-state check boxes</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Very limited event data</td>
|
||||
<td>Enhanced; Many events have rich event data with useful information</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only 1 context menu for whole ListView</td>
|
||||
<td>Up to 3 separate context menus: One for column headers, one for items, and one for empty area</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Columns can be shown only in “Details” layout</td>
|
||||
<td>Columns can be shown in all layouts</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only “SmallIcon” and “LargeIcon” size supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Images can be of any size</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Image size is static</td>
|
||||
<td>Images are scaled and centered smoothly when necessary while keeping their respective aspect ratios</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Column header images are not supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Both ImageList and custom Image instances can be set for column headers</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Custom comparer for sorting has to be implemented from scratch</td>
|
||||
<td>Custom comparer can be inherited from BetterListView’s default comparer to extend its functionality; Any custom IComparer is supported as well</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Sub-item images very limited; Usable only via WinAPI with limitations in size and color depth</td>
|
||||
<td>Images for sub-item fully supported (both ImageList and custom Image instances)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Check boxes do not have animation effect like the standard control</td>
|
||||
<td>Check boxes are animated when used with mouse or keyboard the same way as the CheckBox control</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Searching with keyboard only on first column and limited to string prefixes</td>
|
||||
<td>Keyboard searching can be used on columns of choice and the searching behavior can be further adjusted (any substring, character-based or word-based search)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only simple item tooltips supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Automatic and customizable tooltips on items, sub-items and columns are supported</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Can scroll to just one item</td>
|
||||
<td>One or several items can be specified to be scrolled into view</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Vista-look only with WinAPI extension</td>
|
||||
<td>Visual elements are used by default</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No Drag & Drop item highlighting</td>
|
||||
<td>Items under cursor are properly highlighted during dragging; Highlighting can be switched off for selected items</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Other extra features:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No thumbnails view</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; can be used for viewing thumbnails of photos or other images</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt saving/loading</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; save/load contents to file or string (XML or binary)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No item hierarchy</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; tree-like hierarchical items supported</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No image shadows or borders</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; you can use image shadows or borders, supports custom image padding (eg. useful when owner-drawing overlay icons)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No empty text support (watermark text when ListView is empty)</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; Empty text for empty ListView is supported; You can give hint to your users now</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt sort</td>
|
||||
<td>Added inbuilt sort support; Zero-code sorting</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when reordering items</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when reordering columns</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt item/column reordering</td>
|
||||
<td>Added item/column reordering support; Zero-code reordering</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when dragging an item</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The enhancements I found most useful for my own projects were the automatic layout, context menus, improved drag and drop, item searching, and sorting options. Thanks to both the source code–included demos, the online documentation, and the obvious property names of the control's "better" features, <b>I was able to put the component to use faster than it took me to install the setup package.</b>
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail">The tables below explain the main differences between <strong>regular .NET list view</strong> and <strong>Better ListView</strong>. However, it would be a mistake to look on Better ListView just as an improved or fixed listview - it can do so much more. The <strong><a href="/blog/page/6/index">Overview</a></strong> and our <strong><a href="/blog/tag/better-listview-2/index">blog</a></strong> highlights many of these extra features and possibilities.
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Better behavior and fixed issues:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Some events fire twice bug</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Selection behavior different from Windows Explorer</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Drag & Drop behavior different from Windows Explorer</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Checkboxes do not stay in the first column when the first column is reordered</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Behaves as expected</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Non-standard checkboxes behavior (e.g. when using spacebar)</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Non-standard look, incompatible with system themes</td>
|
||||
<td>Fixed; Always uses system theme. Looks great on all Windows versions. Works with Windows 7 themes and Aero</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexibility and functionality</b>, Better ListView could also be called <b>Fixed ListView</b>, as it corrects a number of annoying problems with the standard List View that Microsoft delivers to Visual Studio customers.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Removed limitations:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Just one image per item</td>
|
||||
<td>Enhanced; Each sub-item can have image</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No group header customization</td>
|
||||
<td>Added, each group header is fully customizable</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>ImageList must be used to display images</td>
|
||||
<td>Both ImageList and Image instances can be used</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Simple sorting only</td>
|
||||
<td>Multi-column sorting; Users can use Shift+Click to add additional columns to the sort</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Three-state checkboxes not supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Support for both two-state and three-state check boxes</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Very limited event data</td>
|
||||
<td>Enhanced; Many events have rich event data with useful information</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only 1 context menu for whole ListView</td>
|
||||
<td>Up to 3 separate context menus: One for column headers, one for items, and one for empty area</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Columns can be shown only in “Details” layout</td>
|
||||
<td>Columns can be shown in all layouts</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only “SmallIcon” and “LargeIcon” size supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Images can be of any size</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Image size is static</td>
|
||||
<td>Images are scaled and centered smoothly when necessary while keeping their respective aspect ratios</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Column header images are not supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Both ImageList and custom Image instances can be set for column headers</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Custom comparer for sorting has to be implemented from scratch</td>
|
||||
<td>Custom comparer can be inherited from BetterListView’s default comparer to extend its functionality; Any custom IComparer is supported as well</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Sub-item images very limited; Usable only via WinAPI with limitations in size and color depth</td>
|
||||
<td>Images for sub-item fully supported (both ImageList and custom Image instances)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Check boxes do not have animation effect like the standard control</td>
|
||||
<td>Check boxes are animated when used with mouse or keyboard the same way as the CheckBox control</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Searching with keyboard only on first column and limited to string prefixes</td>
|
||||
<td>Keyboard searching can be used on columns of choice and the searching behavior can be further adjusted (any substring, character-based or word-based search)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Only simple item tooltips supported</td>
|
||||
<td>Automatic and customizable tooltips on items, sub-items and columns are supported</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Can scroll to just one item</td>
|
||||
<td>One or several items can be specified to be scrolled into view</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>Vista-look only with WinAPI extension</td>
|
||||
<td>Visual elements are used by default</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No Drag & Drop item highlighting</td>
|
||||
<td>Items under cursor are properly highlighted during dragging; Highlighting can be switched off for selected items</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The control is <b>very easy and intuitive to use and is well documented</b>.
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Other extra features:</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellspacing="0" class="comparison-pair">
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th>Regular .NET ListView Control</th>
|
||||
<th>Better ListView control</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No thumbnails view</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; can be used for viewing thumbnails of photos or other images</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt saving/loading</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; save/load contents to file or string (XML or binary)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No item hierarchy</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; tree-like hierarchical items supported</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No image shadows or borders</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; you can use image shadows or borders, supports custom image padding (eg. useful when owner-drawing overlay icons)</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No empty text support (watermark text when ListView is empty)</td>
|
||||
<td>Added support; Empty text for empty ListView is supported; You can give hint to your users now</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt sort</td>
|
||||
<td>Added inbuilt sort support; Zero-code sorting</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when reordering items</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when reordering columns</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No inbuilt item/column reordering</td>
|
||||
<td>Added item/column reordering support; Zero-code reordering</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td>No auto-scroll when dragging an item</td>
|
||||
<td>Added; Auto-scroll speed can be adjusted</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="testimonial-intext"><div class="testimonial-wrap"><blockquote><em>
|
||||
The enhancements I found most useful for my own projects were the automatic layout, context menus, improved drag and drop, item searching, and sorting options. Thanks to both the source code–included demos, the online documentation, and the obvious property names of the control's "better" features, <b>I was able to put the component to use faster than it took me to install the setup package.</b>
|
||||
</em></blockquote><strong>DevProConnections.com Review</strong></div></div></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ The enhancements I found most useful for my own projects were the automatic layo
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
@@ -522,19 +522,19 @@ Copyright © 2018 ComponentOwl.com, Dextronet.com. All rights reserved. Read
|
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|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><p>The setup package that you can download from our website contains more than 20 sample projects with full source code that demonstrate various features. In addition to that, you can also use the following:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<strong>
|
||||
<ol class="common">
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/quick-start-guide" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Quick Start Guide (Step-by-step)</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/documentation" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Documentation</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/class-reference" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Class Reference</a></li>
|
||||
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|
||||
</strong>
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><p>The setup package that you can download from our website contains more than 20 sample projects with full source code that demonstrate various features. In addition to that, you can also use the following:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<strong>
|
||||
<ol class="common">
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/quick-start-guide" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Quick Start Guide (Step-by-step)</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/documentation" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Documentation</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="/better-listview/class-reference" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Class Reference</a></li>
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
</strong>
|
||||
</p></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
@@ -353,19 +353,19 @@ Copyright © 2018 ComponentOwl.com, Dextronet.com. All rights reserved. Read
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="screenshots">
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_big_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a><strong>Better ListView control</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_big_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a><strong>Image thumbnails in groups</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_big_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a><strong>Items with multi-line text</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_big_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a><strong>Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/17/groups_original_1312133064.png?1312107864" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in groups"><img alt="Groups" src="/assets/screenshots/17/groups_thumb_big_1312133064.png?1312107864" /></a><strong>Items organized in groups</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/20/item-reorder_original_1312133166.png?1312107966" class="screenshot" title="Item reordering in hierarchy"><img alt="Item Reordering" src="/assets/screenshots/20/item-reorder_thumb_big_1312133166.png?1312107966" /></a><strong>Item reordering in hierarchy</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/19/column-reorder_original_1312133137.png?1312107937" class="screenshot" title="Column reordering"><img alt="Column Reordering" src="/assets/screenshots/19/column-reorder_thumb_big_1312133137.png?1312107937" /></a><strong>Column reordering</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/22/data-binding_original_1312133281.png?1312108081" class="screenshot" title="Binding a DataTable to Better ListView"><img alt="Data Binding" src="/assets/screenshots/22/data-binding_thumb_big_1312133281.png?1312108081" /></a><strong>Binding a DataTable to Better ListView</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/23/label-edit_original_1312133326.png?1312108126" class="screenshot" title="Label editing of sub-item date"><img alt="Label Editing" src="/assets/screenshots/23/label-edit_thumb_big_1312133326.png?1312108126" /></a><strong>Label editing of sub-item date</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/24/sorting_original_1312133350.png?1312108150" class="screenshot" title="Multi-column sorting"><img alt="Sorting" src="/assets/screenshots/24/sorting_thumb_big_1312133350.png?1312108150" /></a><strong>Multi-column sorting</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/25/tooltips_original_1312133393.png?1312108193" class="screenshot" title="Tooltip on custom location"><img alt="Tooltips" src="/assets/screenshots/25/tooltips_thumb_big_1312133393.png?1312108193" /></a><strong>Tooltip on custom location</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/26/insertion-mark_original_1312133426.png?1312108226" class="screenshot" title="Customizable insertion mark"><img alt="Insertion Mark" src="/assets/screenshots/26/insertion-mark_thumb_big_1312133426.png?1312108226" /></a><strong>Customizable insertion mark</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/27/text-format_original_1312133463.png?1312108263" class="screenshot" title="Various text trimming methods"><img alt="Text Formatting" src="/assets/screenshots/27/text-format_thumb_big_1312133463.png?1312108263" /></a><strong>Various text trimming methods</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/28/save-load_original_1312133518.png?1312108318" class="screenshot" title="Content stored in XML format"><img alt="Save/Load Content" src="/assets/screenshots/28/save-load_thumb_big_1312133518.png?1312108318" /></a><strong>Content stored in XML format</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/29/searching_original_1312133543.png?1312108343" class="screenshot" title="Advanced item searching"><img alt="Searching" src="/assets/screenshots/29/searching_thumb_big_1312133543.png?1312108343" /></a><strong>Advanced item searching</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/33/owner-drawing_original_1312133847.png?1312108647" class="screenshot" title="Owner drawing support"><img alt="Owner Drawing" src="/assets/screenshots/33/owner-drawing_thumb_big_1312133847.png?1312108647" /></a><strong>Owner drawing support</strong></div>
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/30/grid-lines_original_1312133570.png?1312108370" class="screenshot" title="Customizable grid lines"><img alt="Grid Lines" src="/assets/screenshots/30/grid-lines_thumb_big_1312133570.png?1312108370" /></a><strong>Customizable grid lines</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/31/check-boxes_original_1312133600.png?1312108400" class="screenshot" title="Three state check boxes"><img alt="Check Boxes" src="/assets/screenshots/31/check-boxes_thumb_big_1312133600.png?1312108400" /></a><strong>Three state check boxes</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/32/empty-text_original_1312133802.png?1312108602" class="screenshot" title="Display of text on empty control"><img alt="Empty Text" src="/assets/screenshots/32/empty-text_thumb_big_1312133802.png?1312108602" /></a><strong>Display of text on empty control</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/39/alignment_original_1340892913.png?1340867713" class="screenshot" title="Text and Image Alignment"><img alt="Text and Image Alignment" src="/assets/screenshots/39/alignment_thumb_big_1340892913.png?1340867713" /></a><strong>Text and Image Alignment</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/40/customheight_original_1340892963.png?1340867763" class="screenshot" title="Items of Arbitrary Sizes"><img alt="Items of Arbitrary Sizes" src="/assets/screenshots/40/customheight_thumb_big_1340892963.png?1340867763" /></a><strong>Items of Arbitrary Sizes</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/41/nonselectable_original_1340893198.png?1340867998" class="screenshot" title="Non-selectable Items"><img alt="Non-selectable Items" src="/assets/screenshots/41/nonselectable_thumb_big_1340893198.png?1340867998" /></a><strong>Non-selectable Items</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/42/radios_original_1340893228.png?1340868028" class="screenshot" title="Radio Buttons"><img alt="Radio Buttons" src="/assets/screenshots/42/radios_thumb_big_1340893228.png?1340868028" /></a><strong>Radio Buttons</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><div class="screenshots">
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_original_1326499754.png?1326474554" class="screenshot" title="Better ListView control"><img alt="Better ListView" src="/assets/screenshots/15/blv-overview_thumb_big_1326499754.png?1326474554" /></a><strong>Better ListView control</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_original_1312133021.png?1312107821" class="screenshot" title="Image thumbnails in groups"><img alt="Thumbnails" src="/assets/screenshots/16/thumbnails_thumb_big_1312133021.png?1312107821" /></a><strong>Image thumbnails in groups</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_original_1312133213.png?1312108013" class="screenshot" title="Items with multi-line text"><img alt="Multi-line Items" src="/assets/screenshots/21/multi-line-items_thumb_big_1312133213.png?1312108013" /></a><strong>Items with multi-line text</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_original_1313676477.png?1313651277" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy"><img alt="Item Hierarchy" src="/assets/screenshots/18/betterlistview-tree-hierarchy_thumb_big_1313676477.png?1313651277" /></a><strong>Items organized in a tree-like hierarchy</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/17/groups_original_1312133064.png?1312107864" class="screenshot" title="Items organized in groups"><img alt="Groups" src="/assets/screenshots/17/groups_thumb_big_1312133064.png?1312107864" /></a><strong>Items organized in groups</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="even"><a href="/assets/screenshots/20/item-reorder_original_1312133166.png?1312107966" class="screenshot" title="Item reordering in hierarchy"><img alt="Item Reordering" src="/assets/screenshots/20/item-reorder_thumb_big_1312133166.png?1312107966" /></a><strong>Item reordering in hierarchy</strong></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="screenshot-row">
|
||||
<div class="odd"><a href="/assets/screenshots/19/column-reorder_original_1312133137.png?1312107937" class="screenshot" title="Column reordering"><img alt="Column Reordering" src="/assets/screenshots/19/column-reorder_thumb_big_1312133137.png?1312107937" /></a><strong>Column reordering</strong></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
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<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
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<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
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or
|
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<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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@@ -431,19 +431,19 @@ Copyright © 2018 ComponentOwl.com, Dextronet.com. All rights reserved. Read
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<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><h2>The story behind Better Listview</h2>
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<p>Hi, my name is Jiri Novotny and I'm the founder of <a href="http://www.dextronet.com" target="_blank">Dextronet.com</a>, a software company that operates ComponentOwl.com. Me and my team think of ourselves as independent software vendors (or ISVs).</p>
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<p>Surprise surprise - as it is with most independent components today, we did not originally actually intended to create Better ListView.</p>
|
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<p>Our flagship product is <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a>, a desktop task management software. The old version of Swift To-Do List has been written in Visual Basic 6 which has many limitations, so we've decided to make a total rewrite in VB.NET and C#. The development started in July 2009.</p>
|
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<p>Because Swift To-Do List is highly list-centric product (as the name suggests :-), it soon become apparent that we will need excellent ListView control. The ListView control included in .NET just didn't cut it. Not only its features are very limited, but there are braincracking bugs and strange behavior in lots of cases. In fact, the default .NET ListView was so bad, that I've oftentimes wished I could just use the ListView included in VB6 – it has at least behaved mostly correctly.</p>
|
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<p>So, because we couldn't use the default .NET ListView, I began searching for a replacement ListView control. My requirements were actually not very demanding - I wanted a ListView control that looked and behaved similarly as the one used in Windows Explorer. </p>
|
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<p>Unfortunately, I've soon discovered that in reality, I want lots of things that are not taken for granted in any ListView control that I've found. My requirements for a usable .NET ListView control are:</p>
|
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<ul class="common">
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<li>It must either inherit from native ListView or mimick it perfectly</li>
|
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<li>It must use system theme seamlessly and not have some weird inconsistent custom look</li>
|
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<li>It must support sub-item images flawlessly</li>
|
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<li>It must have excellent drag & drop support for item reordering</li>
|
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<li>It must have perfect implementation of selection and drag-selection</li>
|
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<li>It must support 3 different context menus: For items, column headers, and empty space</li>
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<li>Multi-column sort</li>
|
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<li>Must not be part of some huge control pack that I need to bundle with my app</li>
|
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<li>Must be light-weight, fast and optimized</li>
|
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<li>Must have all bugs and strange behavior of .NET ListView fixed</li>
|
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</ul>
|
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|
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<p>There was also lot of nice-to-have things that I've looked for, like:</p>
|
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<ul class="common">
|
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<li>Watermark text that is shown when the ListView is empty</li>
|
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<li>Column reordering with auto-scrolling</li>
|
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<li>100% managed code</li>
|
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<li>Better hit-test</li>
|
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</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I did not want to use any DataGrid-based control, as it can't really replace ListView control – it is much harder to manipulate for the user in most cases, and it doesn't support many things that ListView does. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Swift To-Do List is a mass-market product, so it needed a ListView control that behaved as expected in all cases, no exceptions. The ListView control used in Windows Explorer is a great model: Because every user knows how to work with Windows Explorer ListView already, you can leverage that knowledge in your own applications. Your applications will be truly easy to use and learn.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I've looked over dozen of ListView controls – and I'm not afraid to name them, because they just don't meet the above criteria. The controls I looked over included ListView from SoftGroup, three different open source ListView controls from CodeProject, ListView from Lidor systems, Grid and TreeView-Grid hybrid from DevExpres, WinListView from Infragistics, I've also looked at all ListView controls to be found at CodeGuru and more – basically everything that I could Google and everything from all well-known (or not so well known) component providers.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I was disappointed with every single of these controls. Not one of them met my criteria.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Believe me, I <em>wanted</em> to find the perfect ListView control – after all, I desperately needed it so we could use it in our own product. But what I've found during my extensive research? Nothing. Null. Nilch. Nada. Zero. My heart was broken. The dreams of our awesome <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List 7</a> product started to shatter, because we needed an adequate ListView control first. When it comes to user experience, we simply couldn't settle for anything less than great.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>But we haven't given up. The solution? To create our own ListView control. A Better ListView control. It was not originally intended to be a product on it's own, but when it has been finished, it was so good that it would be a sin to keep it selfishly just for ourselves. So we've started selling it. :-)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When we started building our own better ListView control, we wanted it to inherit from System.Windows.Forms.ListView at first. We've tried our best, but some of the bugs of .NET ListView were simply impossible to fix, even with ridiculous hacks. However, luck has shined upon us. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>We've met Libor Tinka, a genius C# developer with extensive experience with not just programming in general, but specifically Windows control development as well. He's the author and sole developer of ImagingShop, a powerful digital photography processing desktop application that includes many of his custom controls, and lot's of hardcore mathematics and unique algorithms (It has over 220k lines of code in total!). That guy <strong>really</strong> is a genius and let me tell you, the code he writes is just beautiful. He's an artist.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When we've asked Libor to create a better ListView control for us, he accepted the challenge. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>(By the way, it might look easy at first, but implementing your own ListView control is extremely difficult, daunting and complicated task – there are so many corner cases in the control's behavior that it will make your brain want run away.)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>We've worked very closely with Libor during the intensive development process. Fast forward 12 months into the future - Better ListView is done, and Libor is an integral part of our team. We still work together as we support and constantly enhance Better Listview.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Better ListView is now used not just in Swift To-Do List, but also in Libor's own product <a href="http://www.imagingshop.com">ImagingShop</a>, so we are truly eating our own dog food. This is your <strong>guarantee</strong> that we will <strong>not</strong> stop supporting Better ListView, fixing bugs and implementing new features – it's the <strong>core</strong> and <strong>heart</strong> of our own desktop software products after all. We walk the talk.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If Better ListView existed before, I know I would be absolutely positively <strong>thrilled</strong> about it. And so I hope that you are thrilled about it now that you've found it.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div id="nav-panel" class="nav-panel product-detail"><h2>The story behind Better Listview</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Hi, my name is Jiri Novotny and I'm the founder of <a href="http://www.dextronet.com" target="_blank">Dextronet.com</a>, a software company that operates ComponentOwl.com. Me and my team think of ourselves as independent software vendors (or ISVs).</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Surprise surprise - as it is with most independent components today, we did not originally actually intended to create Better ListView.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Our flagship product is <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List</a>, a desktop task management software. The old version of Swift To-Do List has been written in Visual Basic 6 which has many limitations, so we've decided to make a total rewrite in VB.NET and C#. The development started in July 2009.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Because Swift To-Do List is highly list-centric product (as the name suggests :-), it soon become apparent that we will need excellent ListView control. The ListView control included in .NET just didn't cut it. Not only its features are very limited, but there are braincracking bugs and strange behavior in lots of cases. In fact, the default .NET ListView was so bad, that I've oftentimes wished I could just use the ListView included in VB6 – it has at least behaved mostly correctly.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>So, because we couldn't use the default .NET ListView, I began searching for a replacement ListView control. My requirements were actually not very demanding - I wanted a ListView control that looked and behaved similarly as the one used in Windows Explorer. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Unfortunately, I've soon discovered that in reality, I want lots of things that are not taken for granted in any ListView control that I've found. My requirements for a usable .NET ListView control are:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>It must either inherit from native ListView or mimick it perfectly</li>
|
||||
<li>It must use system theme seamlessly and not have some weird inconsistent custom look</li>
|
||||
<li>It must support sub-item images flawlessly</li>
|
||||
<li>It must have excellent drag & drop support for item reordering</li>
|
||||
<li>It must have perfect implementation of selection and drag-selection</li>
|
||||
<li>It must support 3 different context menus: For items, column headers, and empty space</li>
|
||||
<li>Multi-column sort</li>
|
||||
<li>Must not be part of some huge control pack that I need to bundle with my app</li>
|
||||
<li>Must be light-weight, fast and optimized</li>
|
||||
<li>Must have all bugs and strange behavior of .NET ListView fixed</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There was also lot of nice-to-have things that I've looked for, like:</p>
|
||||
<ul class="common">
|
||||
<li>Watermark text that is shown when the ListView is empty</li>
|
||||
<li>Column reordering with auto-scrolling</li>
|
||||
<li>100% managed code</li>
|
||||
<li>Better hit-test</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I did not want to use any DataGrid-based control, as it can't really replace ListView control – it is much harder to manipulate for the user in most cases, and it doesn't support many things that ListView does. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Swift To-Do List is a mass-market product, so it needed a ListView control that behaved as expected in all cases, no exceptions. The ListView control used in Windows Explorer is a great model: Because every user knows how to work with Windows Explorer ListView already, you can leverage that knowledge in your own applications. Your applications will be truly easy to use and learn.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I've looked over dozen of ListView controls – and I'm not afraid to name them, because they just don't meet the above criteria. The controls I looked over included ListView from SoftGroup, three different open source ListView controls from CodeProject, ListView from Lidor systems, Grid and TreeView-Grid hybrid from DevExpres, WinListView from Infragistics, I've also looked at all ListView controls to be found at CodeGuru and more – basically everything that I could Google and everything from all well-known (or not so well known) component providers.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>I was disappointed with every single of these controls. Not one of them met my criteria.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Believe me, I <em>wanted</em> to find the perfect ListView control – after all, I desperately needed it so we could use it in our own product. But what I've found during my extensive research? Nothing. Null. Nilch. Nada. Zero. My heart was broken. The dreams of our awesome <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">Swift To-Do List 7</a> product started to shatter, because we needed an adequate ListView control first. When it comes to user experience, we simply couldn't settle for anything less than great.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>But we haven't given up. The solution? To create our own ListView control. A Better ListView control. It was not originally intended to be a product on it's own, but when it has been finished, it was so good that it would be a sin to keep it selfishly just for ourselves. So we've started selling it. :-)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When we started building our own better ListView control, we wanted it to inherit from System.Windows.Forms.ListView at first. We've tried our best, but some of the bugs of .NET ListView were simply impossible to fix, even with ridiculous hacks. However, luck has shined upon us. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>We've met Libor Tinka, a genius C# developer with extensive experience with not just programming in general, but specifically Windows control development as well. He's the author and sole developer of ImagingShop, a powerful digital photography processing desktop application that includes many of his custom controls, and lot's of hardcore mathematics and unique algorithms (It has over 220k lines of code in total!). That guy <strong>really</strong> is a genius and let me tell you, the code he writes is just beautiful. He's an artist.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When we've asked Libor to create a better ListView control for us, he accepted the challenge. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>(By the way, it might look easy at first, but implementing your own ListView control is extremely difficult, daunting and complicated task – there are so many corner cases in the control's behavior that it will make your brain want run away.)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>We've worked very closely with Libor during the intensive development process. Fast forward 12 months into the future - Better ListView is done, and Libor is an integral part of our team. We still work together as we support and constantly enhance Better Listview.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Better ListView is now used not just in Swift To-Do List, but also in Libor's own product <a href="http://www.imagingshop.com">ImagingShop</a>, so we are truly eating our own dog food. This is your <strong>guarantee</strong> that we will <strong>not</strong> stop supporting Better ListView, fixing bugs and implementing new features – it's the <strong>core</strong> and <strong>heart</strong> of our own desktop software products after all. We walk the talk.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If Better ListView existed before, I know I would be absolutely positively <strong>thrilled</strong> about it. And so I hope that you are thrilled about it now that you've found it.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Any questions or comments? I would love to get them. Contact me at <span class="emil">novotny (at) dextronet (dot) com</span></div>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
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|
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|
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|
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<img alt='' src='http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5cc9ec9d382c06d89cc4b785a67951e?s=32&d=retro&r=g' srcset="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5cc9ec9d382c06d89cc4b785a67951e?s=64&d=retro&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /> <cite class="fn"><a href='http:/www.timonv.nl' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Timon Vonk</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div>
|
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<img alt='' src='http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5cc9ec9d382c06d89cc4b785a67951e?s=32&d=retro&r=g' srcset="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b5cc9ec9d382c06d89cc4b785a67951e?s=64&d=retro&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' /> <cite class="fn"><a href='http://www.timonv.nl' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>Timon Vonk</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div>
|
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||||
<div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="/blog/are-you-a-zen-coder-or-distraction-junkie#comment-1233">
|
||||
February 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm</a> </div>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ img.emoji {
|
||||
<li>Added new label editing controls (calendar and drop down box)</li>
|
||||
<li>Better ListView content (columns, items and groups) can be saved to file (XML or binary)</li>
|
||||
<li>Multi-line items support added</li>
|
||||
<li><a title="Better ListView 2.000 Changelog" href="/better-listview/releases%3Fsince=2.000">See full changelog</a> for details</li>
|
||||
<li><a title="Better ListView 2.000 Changelog" href="/better-listview/releases">See full changelog</a> for details</li>
|
||||
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|
||||
<p>We have also fixed many issues and improved performance of Thumbnails view and operations with collections.</p>
|
||||
<h1>About then new version</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ In addition to creating a new List View control to incorporate <b>broader flexib
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
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or
|
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|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
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|
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@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
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<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
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<p>
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<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
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<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
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or
|
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|
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<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
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|
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@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
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<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ var t = {"antispam":"capek-rulz","purchase_email":"valid purchase email","valid_
|
||||
<h4>Better ListView Express 3.14.0 released!</h4>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases%3Fsince=3.14.0">See what's new</a>
|
||||
<a href="/better-listview-express/releases">See what's new</a>
|
||||
or
|
||||
|
||||
<a href="/betterlistviewexpress.exe" onclick="download_email('better-listview-express');">Download latest release</a>
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user