Displaying a List with the List Box

A list box is used to present a list of items to a user. You can add items to and remove items from the list at any time with very little Visual C# .NET code. In addition, you can set up a list box so that a user can select only a single item or multiple items. When a list box contains more items than it can show because of the size of the control, scrollbars are automatically displayed.

The cousin of the list box is the combo box, which looks like a text box with a down-arrow button at its right side. Clicking a combo box's button causes the control to display a drop-down list box. Working with the list of a ...

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