Winforms DotNet ListBox items to word wrap if content string width is bigger than ListBox width?

Question

Ehm, umm, this means some lines should be two-lined in size. My boss think this is more simple solution, than limit displayed text to fit width and don\'t like horizontal sc

Answer 1

private void lst_MeasureItem(object sender, MeasureItemEventArgs e)
{
    e.ItemHeight = (int)e.Graphics.MeasureString(lst.Items[e.Index].ToString(), lst.Font, lst.Width).Height;
}

private void lst_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
    e.DrawBackground();
    e.DrawFocusRectangle();
    e.Graphics.DrawString(lst.Items[e.Index].ToString(), e.Font, new SolidBrush(e.ForeColor), e.Bounds);
}

To get the right display member to show up when data binding, replace

lst.Items[e.Index].ToString()

with a casted version of the property. So if your binding source is class object Car it would look like

((Car)lst.Items[e.Index]).YourDisplayProperty

Then the above functions can appropriately measure the string and draw it. :)