How to find a listview by name in Windows Forms

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I have a Windows Forms form on which there are a few listview controls. Currently, if I ever need to add some changes to those listviews, I have to specify all names in my code. It is troublesome if I have to list a few names at each time. So I am wondering if there is a way to retrieve a listview control just by providing a name string. Something like:

Controls.find(name of listview)

I tried

Controls.Find(name,true)

But it returns an error. What is the reason?

Maybe this answers it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4483912/find-a-control-in-c-sharp-winforms-by-name — reggaeguitar, Dec 27 '13 at 17:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '16 at 08:43

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Try it like this:

Control[] controls =  Controls.Find("listView1", true);
ListView control = controls[0] as ListView;

edited Jul 24 '16 at 08:43

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 17:12

Kurubaran

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '13 at 17:12

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Your example will work, just be aware that it is case sensitive and returns a ControlCollection.

var tmp = Controls.Find("ListView1", true);

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 17:12

Mark Hall

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oh i see what's wrong now, the upper case is causing issue, thanks a lot – ikel Dec 27 '13 at 17:22

How to find a listview by name in Windows Forms

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