Changing ForeColor Item in ListBox ...

[nassimnastaran]

Hi All ! There are some Items in my List Box(ListBox1) include "Positive" or "Negative" items ,so when I want to add Positive , "Fore color" for this Item in list Box should be Green , and if I want to add Negative item to List Box , "Fore color" for this Item in list Box should be Red :

if (ListBox1.Items.ToString() == "Positive")
ListBox1.ForeColor = Color.Green;
else
ListBox1.ForeColor = Color.Red;//if the Item is Negative

thanks for any Help !

[Dan Mos]

That's wrong cause you set the color for the entire listbox. The best/easiest way is to set the DrawMode to OwnerDarwVariable and handle the ListBox.DrawItem event. There you could use any brush you like to draw the text. Just look for listboxDrawItem on bingle and you'll find lots of examples. :)

All the best, Dan

[Alan N]

Have you considered the ListView as an alternative to the ListBox. When set to the 'Details' view it supports per item colouring via the ListViewItem.ForeColor and .BackColor properties. Alan.

[Dan Mos]

:thumbsup:

All the best, Dan

[Luc Pattyn]

Applying different ForeColors to the items of a ListBox is pretty easy; here[^] is an article that discusses an entirely different topic, however the download will show you how to get what you want. :)

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[BobJanova]

You need to either custom draw the items or have a custom control (e.g. here is one by me[^]).

[Wonde Tadesse]

:thumbsup:

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