[.net] What is The difference between ListBox and ListView

A ListView let you define a set of views for it and gives you a native way (WPF binding support) to control the display of ListView by using defined views.

Example:

XAML

<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding list}" Name="listv" MouseEnter="listv_MouseEnter" MouseLeave="listv_MouseLeave">
        <ListView.Resources>
            <GridView x:Key="one">
                <GridViewColumn Header="ID" >
                    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding id}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                </GridViewColumn>
                <GridViewColumn Header="Name" >
                    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding name}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                </GridViewColumn>
            </GridView>
            <GridView x:Key="two">                    
                <GridViewColumn Header="Name" >
                    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding name}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                </GridViewColumn>
            </GridView>
        </ListView.Resources>
        <ListView.Style>
            <Style TargetType="ListView">
                <Style.Triggers>
                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ViewType}" Value="1">
                        <Setter Property="View" Value="{StaticResource one}" />
                    </DataTrigger>
                </Style.Triggers>
                <Setter Property="View" Value="{StaticResource two}" />
            </Style>
        </ListView.Style>  

Code Behind:

private int viewType;

public int ViewType
{
    get { return viewType; }
    set 
    { 
        viewType = value;
        UpdateProperty("ViewType");
    }
}        

private void listv_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    ViewType = 1;
}

private void listv_MouseLeave(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    ViewType = 2;
}

OUTPUT:

Normal View: View 2 in above XAML

MouseOver View: View 1 in above XAML

If you try to achieve above in a ListBox, probably you'll end up writing a lot more code forControlTempalate/ItemTemplate of ListBox.