Gets or sets a value indicating whether the System.Windows.Forms.ListView control is drawn by the operating system or by code that you provide.
Syntax
public bool OwnerDraw { set; get; }
Value
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Remarks
A System.Windows.Forms.ListView control is normally drawn by the operating system. In order to customize the appearance of System.Windows.Forms.ListView items, subitems, and column headers, set the ListView.OwnerDraw property to true and provide a handler for one or more of the following events: ListView.DrawItem, ListView.DrawSubItem, ListView.DrawColumnHeader. This is called owner drawing. When the ListView.View property is set to View.Details, all three events occur; otherwise, only the ListView.DrawItem event occurs.
Subitem information typically appears in the tile view as well as the details view, but in the tile view, it must be drawn in a handler for the ListView.DrawItem event. The ListView.DrawSubItem event does not occur for any subitems for which no System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader object has been added to the ListView.Columns collection. Note also that the first subitem of each System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem object represents the parent item itself, and is displayed in the first column.
In the details view, you can handle the ListView.DrawItem event to draw elements common to all subitems, such as the background, and handle the ListView.DrawSubItem event to draw elements for individual subitems, such as text values. You can also draw all items in the System.Windows.Forms.ListView control using only one of the two events, although this may be less convenient. To draw column headers in the details view, you must handle the ListView.DrawColumnHeader event.
To avoid issues with graphics flickering when owner drawing, override the System.Windows.Forms.ListView control and set the ListView.DoubleBuffered property to true.
For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.
Requirements
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0