Adding button into a Listview in WinForms

Question

Is there a way to add a button control to a cell in inside a ListView in a WinForms app?

Answer 1

Maybe this could be of interest?

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/list/extendedlistviews.aspx

Answer 2

This looks like the simplest answer I have come across... just added an ItemCommand to the ListView.

See this link: handle-the-button-click-event-from-an-asp-net-listview-control

Answer 3

To make the extender of Simon Mourier working is missing the following line:

extender.AddColumn(buttonAction);

This is, it should look like:

ListViewExtender extender = new ListViewExtender(listSummary);
ListViewButtonColumn buttonAction = new ListViewButtonColumn(2);
buttonAction.Click += OnButtonActionClick;
buttonAction.FixedWidth = true;
extender.AddColumn(buttonAction);

Answer 4

You could use a GlacialList. It allow you to put ANY control inside a list cell and it's simple to use. You will just need to join a GlacialList.dll document to the reference part of your Solution. If you click the link it will show you how it works and how to use it and download it.

If you have a System.IO.FileNotFoundException on the InitializeComponent() just download source code from the above link, compile and use this .dll (inside bin/Debug subfolder) to your project .

Here is an example of what it looks like:

Answer 5

The ListView itself (or ListViewItem) does not function as a container of any kind so no way to add controls directly, however it is doable. I have used this extended ListView with a lot of success: Embedding Controls in a ListView.