C# - Update a subitem within a listview

c# winforms listview subitem
user picture user · Oct 26, 2009 · Viewed 12.8k times · Source

I am working on an application where users enter information that is then added to a listview. That works great. The only problem is, the application connects to a web site that updates the "Points" field in that listview for each account. I am not sure how I can update a single subitem within a listview.

Here is an example screenshot:

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How can I select a specific subitem in a specific row to update?

Answer

Matt Hamilton picture Matt Hamilton · Oct 26, 2009

Ok, I'm going to assume Windows Forms.

WinForms' ListViewItem class has a Name property, which you can use to look up a specific item in a list. So as you populate the list, assign a unique value to the Name of each:

var item = new ListViewItem("Text");
item.Name = "foo"; // some unique id string
listView1.Items.Add(item);

That way you can locate the item in the ListView later, using its Items.Find method.

var fooItem = listView1.Items.Find("foo", false);

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