Changing the colour of certain ListView columns

c# listview colors items subitem
cheeseman picture cheeseman · Apr 19, 2012 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

How can I change the colour of a specific column in a listview?

string[] row = { appID[i], "Launch Game"}; // more data to add

listView1.Items.Add(nameArray[i], i).SubItems.AddRange(row);

listView1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;

Answer

Lukas picture Lukas · Apr 19, 2012

Try something like this:

ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem( "Item 1"); 
item1.SubItems.Add( "Color" ); 
item1.SubItems[1].ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
item1.UseItemStyleForSubItems = false; 
listView1.Items.Add( item1 );

If you are using database to bind it you may have to do this during on item databind process. Let me know if that's the case.

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