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Trouble formatting columns width for a ListView

Hi,

I am trying to format the column widths for a ListView but it's not working. Is this a bug in Windows? I use C#.NET Framework 2.0.
The first two columns are very narrow and the third is very wide, taking up the remaining unused space.

Here's the code.

Thanks,
newbieweb

addColumns is true the first time I create the dialog.

listView.SuspendLayout();
if (addColumns)
{
// Create columns for the items and subitems.
listView.Columns.Add("#", (int)0.15 * listView.Width, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
listView.Columns.Add("Street", (int)0.55 * listView.Width, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
listView.Columns.Add("Complete In", (int)0.25 * listView.Width, HorizontalAlignment.Left);

ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem("0");
for (int ii = 0; ii < listView.Columns.Count; ii++)
{
listView.Columns[ii].Width = -2;
}
}

if (orderStatusList != null && orderStatusList.Count > 0)
      {
            foreach ( Order order in orderStatusList )
            {
                  ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem(order.OrderNum);
                  item1.SubItems.Add(order.Street);
                  item1.SubItems.Add(order.CompletionMinutes.ToString());
                  listView.Items.Add( item1 );
            }
      }

      listView.ResumeLayout();

Jaime Olivares

where are you putting this code?
I use a different approach, I create the columns at the Load event, and resize them at the form's Size event, so if you or the user change the size of the form, proportion is keeped.
Also you have to decrement a couple of pixels from the listView.Width ('cause of the margin) to avoid the horizontal bar to appear.

curiouswebster

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Would you be so kind as to provide me the code for this?

When you create the columns, which constructor do you use?

When you size them, how do you do that exactly?

Thanks,
newbieweb

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curiouswebster

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That was the trick!

Thanks,
newbieweb