C# Change ListView Item's/Row's height

Question

I want to change the Item\'s/Row\'s height in listview.

I searched every where and I figured that in order to change the height I need to use LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXE

Answer 1

The default line height of a ListView (in report view mode) is computed based on the control's font size.

So to select the line height, choose a font with the right height in the ListView properties. For example, select MS Sans Serif 18.

Then you can change the font used by all items: when you insert a new item, set its font property.

To optimize font assignment you should declare the item font as a private member of the form:

Private Font stdfont = new Font( "Consolas", 9.0f, FontStyle.Regular );

Then when adding items :

ListViewItem i = new ListViewItem( "some text" );
i.Font = stdfont;
MyListView.Items.Add( i );

This trick is the only easy one allowing to have SMALLER line height ;) i.E. set control's font size to 7 and set items' font size to 10. (Tested with VS 2008 )