What is The difference between ListBox and ListView

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What is the difference between WPF s ListBox and ListView  I can not find any significant difference in their properties  Is there different typical use

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A ListView is basically like a ListBox  and inherits from it   but it also has a View property  This property allows you to specify a predefined way of displaying the items  The only predefined view in the BCL  Base Class Library  is GridView  but you can easily create your own   Another difference is the default selection mode  it s Single for a ListBox  but Extended for a ListView

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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   lt ListView ItemsSource   Binding list   Name  listv  MouseEnter  listv MouseEnter  MouseLeave  listv MouseLeave  gt           lt ListView Resources gt               lt GridView x Key  one  gt                   lt GridViewColumn Header  ID   gt                       lt GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                           lt DataTemplate gt                               lt TextBlock Text   Binding id     gt                           lt  DataTemplate gt                       lt  GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                   lt  GridViewColumn gt                   lt GridViewColumn Header  Name   gt                       lt GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                           lt DataTemplate gt                               lt TextBlock Text   Binding name     gt                           lt  DataTemplate gt                       lt  GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                   lt  GridViewColumn gt               lt  GridView gt               lt GridView x Key  two  gt                                       lt GridViewColumn Header  Name   gt                       lt GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                           lt DataTemplate gt                               lt TextBlock Text   Binding name     gt                           lt  DataTemplate gt                       lt  GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt                   lt  GridViewColumn gt               lt  GridView gt           lt  ListView Resources gt           lt ListView Style gt               lt Style TargetType  ListView  gt                   lt Style Triggers gt                       lt DataTrigger Binding   Binding ViewType   Value  1  gt                           lt Setter Property  View  Value   StaticResource one     gt                       lt  DataTrigger gt                   lt  Style Triggers gt                   lt Setter Property  View  Value   StaticResource two     gt               lt  Style gt           lt  ListView Style gt      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

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Listview derives from listbox control  One most important difference is listview uses the extended selection mode by default   listview also adds a property called view which enables you to customize the view in a richer way than a custom itemspanel  One real life example of listview with gridview is file explorer s details view  Listview with grid view is a less powerful data grid  After  the introduction of datagrid control listview lost its importance

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