Item spacing in ListView where View=List

Question

I have a listview with checkboxes and the view=list. There is no vertical spacing at all between the items. How can I increase the vertical spacing?

Listview spacing

A lot of answers are talking about LVM_SETICONSPACING, but that only works in Icon view. Check Answer here

I also tried BetterListview express as an alternative, but that gives so much spacing that another item could go in between, in Express mode you cannot change the spacing, only in the 300 Dollar paid version... :(

focus on your explaining question in full, there's a lot of fluff here. Consider adding code. — Jonesopolis, Apr 16 '15 at 18:44
Sorry for the fluffy question, lot of frustration today :) Updated the question with an image — Bastiaan, Apr 16 '15 at 18:50
Maybe use the `PadRight()` extension and give the values in the list additional whitespace? Or are you talking about spacing above or below? — Jacob Roberts, Apr 16 '15 at 18:55
@Jacob, yeah I am trying to change the vertical spacing, updated the question — Bastiaan, Apr 16 '15 at 18:58
Have a look at my answer; it shows you how to do it in 3 or 4 lines.. — TaW, Apr 16 '15 at 20:11

TaW · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16T20:06:51.043

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All you need to do is

Add an ImageList to the Form
Set its ImageSize.Height to the height you want
Set the ListView's SmallImageList to the ImageList

Done.

Note:

You do not need to set the ImageIndex on any Item.
You do not need to add any Images.

Make sure to set the ImageSize.Width to a small number, so you don't get a gap between the CheckBox and the Item's Text.

So to set up the ListView write:

int itemHeight = 20;
ImageList imgList = new ImageList();
imgList.ImageSize = new Size(1, itemHeight);
listView1.SmallImageList = imgList;

edited Apr 16 '15 at 20:06

answered Apr 16 '15 at 19:37

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Hey TaW, works brilliantly! Luckily a nice and simple solution, thanks! – Bastiaan Apr 16 '15 at 20:42
but this no long allows me to have View.List to be a single row not it appears as though I have two columns – Demodave Sep 12 '18 at 19:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 19:14

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If you are using WPF/XAML you can try something like:

...
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="2, 2, 2, 2"/>
    </Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
...

Change the margin to your needs and the spacing will appear.

answered Apr 16 '15 at 19:14

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good to see that's improved in WPF, unfortunately I'm in Winforms – Bastiaan Apr 16 '15 at 19:59

Item spacing in ListView where View=List

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