Change color of items in a ListView

eresina · #1 (**permalink**) October 20th, 2003, 06:08 AM

Hello,

I need to have items in a listview with different colors. Does anybody knows how to do it, or if it is possible to do?

Thanks in advance,

Elisa Resina

Jim Rogers · #2 (**permalink**) October 20th, 2003, 03:29 PM

eresina:

Simply use the ForeColor property for each ListView item whose color you wish to change.

method · #3 (**permalink**) June 21st, 2006, 06:50 PM

jim roger can u show me an example of making each item of listview diffrent color ?Thanks

doug65536 · #4 (**permalink**) April 10th, 2007, 07:14 PM

AFAIK you can't do that. If you must, use a MSFlexGrid control. That control is completely different from a listview, but does allow you to change a ton of properties on a cell-by-cell basis.

woodyz · #5 (**permalink**) April 11th, 2007, 09:47 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by doug65536
AFAIK you can't do that. If you must, use a MSFlexGrid control. That control is completely different from a listview, but does allow you to change a ton of properties on a cell-by-cell basis.

doug65536: Answering a post that is over 3 years old is probably not all that useful.
But just in case someone is actually interested, the correct answer is that you CAN use various foreground colors of items in a listview.

Each listview item has a forecolor property, which can be set to an RGB setting, and each subitem also has a forecolor property which can also be set to an RGB color..

Here is a simple example:

Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim item As ListItem
    ListView1.ListItems.Clear
    Set item = ListView1.ListItems.Add(Text:="Bill")
    item.ForeColor = vbGreen
    item.SubItems(1) = "Gates"
    item.ListSubItems(1).ForeColor = vbRed
End Sub

This example assumes you have a listview named ListView1 that has at least 2 columns and has its view property set to lvwReport. And, of course, that you have a command button named Command1.

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shodan · #6 (**permalink**) June 3rd, 2016, 08:26 AM

Hi,

I just wanted to say that I came to this post wile searching about coloring background of listitems elements in a listview and I found the suggestion to use the MSflexgrid useful.

This is almost 10 years since the last comment but this thread is still useful, it is the 8th result of a search for "listview listitem backcolor" in google.

johnywhy · #7 (**permalink**) September 15th, 2016, 05:09 PM

hi,

just chiming in that this post was useful to me too. We are using VBA at one of the world's top companies. Still relevant

thx

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