Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4

22.1. The ListView

The ListView is a specialized list class that's designed for displaying different views of the same data. The ListView is particularly useful if you need to build a multicolumn view that displays several pieces of information about each data item.

The ListView derives from the ListBox class and extends it with a single detail: the View property. The View property is yet another extensibility point for creating rich list displays. If you don't set the View property, the ListView behaves just like its lesser-powered ancestor, the ListBox. However, the ListView becomes much more interesting when you supply a view object that indicates how data items should be formatted and styled.

Technically, the View property points to an instance ...