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In Windows Forms (not WPF) I want to have a color-coded log window using a ListBox, where the entries wrap around if the text is too long.

The following code works (copied from this answer ), but the entries do not wrap and are truncated if they are too long. How could I modify this code so that the log entries wrap?

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Threading;
using System.Text;

namespace StackOverflow
{
    public partial class Main : Form
    {
        public static ListBoxLog listBoxLog;
        public Main()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            listBoxLog = new ListBoxLog(listBox1);

            Thread thread = new Thread(LogStuffThread);
            thread.IsBackground = true;
            thread.Start();
        }

        private void LogStuffThread()
        {
            int number = 0;
            while (true)
            {
                listBoxLog.Log(Level.Info, "A info level message from thread # {0,0000}", number++);
                Thread.Sleep(2000);
            }
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Debug, "A debug level message");
        }
        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Verbose, "A verbose level message");
        }
        private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Info, "A info level message");
        }
        private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Warning, "A warning level message");
        }
        private void button5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Error, "A very very very very very very very very very very very loooooooooooooong error level message");
        }
        private void button6_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Log(Level.Critical, "A critical level message");
        }
        private void button7_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listBoxLog.Paused = !listBoxLog.Paused;
        }
    }

    public enum Level : int
    {
        Critical = 0,
        Error = 1,
        Warning = 2,
        Info = 3,
        Verbose = 4,
        Debug = 5
    };
    public sealed class ListBoxLog : IDisposable
    {
        private const string DEFAULT_MESSAGE_FORMAT = "{0} [{5}] : {8}";
        private const int DEFAULT_MAX_LINES_IN_LISTBOX = 2000;

        private bool _disposed;
        private ListBox _listBox;
        private string _messageFormat;
        private int _maxEntriesInListBox;
        private bool _canAdd;
        private bool _paused;

        private void OnHandleCreated(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _canAdd = true;
        }
        private void OnHandleDestroyed(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _canAdd = false;
        }
        private void DrawItemHandler(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Index >= 0)
            {
                e.DrawBackground();
                e.DrawFocusRectangle();

                LogEvent logEvent = ((ListBox)sender).Items[e.Index] as LogEvent;

                // SafeGuard against wrong configuration of list box
                if (logEvent == null)
                {
                    logEvent = new LogEvent(Level.Critical, ((ListBox)sender).Items[e.Index].ToString());
                }

                Color color;
                switch (logEvent.Level)
                {
                    case Level.Critical:
                        color = Color.White;
                        break;
                    case Level.Error:
                        color = Color.Red;
                        break;
                    case Level.Warning:
                        color = Color.Goldenrod;
                        break;
                    case Level.Info:
                        color = Color.Green;
                        break;
                    case Level.Verbose:
                        color = Color.Blue;
                        break;
                    default:
                        color = Color.Black;
                        break;
                }

                if (logEvent.Level == Level.Critical)
                {
                    e.Graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Red), e.Bounds);
                }
                e.Graphics.DrawString(FormatALogEventMessage(logEvent, _messageFormat), new Font("Lucida Console", 8.25f, FontStyle.Regular), new SolidBrush(color), e.Bounds);
            }
        }
        private void KeyDownHandler(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if ((e.Modifiers == Keys.Control) && (e.KeyCode == Keys.C))
            {
                CopyToClipboard();
            }
        }
        private void CopyMenuOnClickHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            CopyToClipboard();
        }
        private void CopyMenuPopupHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ContextMenu menu = sender as ContextMenu;
            if (menu != null)
            {
                menu.MenuItems[0].Enabled = (_listBox.SelectedItems.Count > 0);
            }
        }

        private class LogEvent
        {
            public LogEvent(Level level, string message)
            {
                EventTime = DateTime.Now;
                Level = level;
                Message = message;
            }

            public readonly DateTime EventTime;

            public readonly Level Level;
            public readonly string Message;
        }
        private void WriteEvent(LogEvent logEvent)
        {
            if ((logEvent != null) && (_canAdd))
            {
                _listBox.BeginInvoke(new AddALogEntryDelegate(AddALogEntry), logEvent);
            }
        }
        private delegate void AddALogEntryDelegate(object item);
        private void AddALogEntry(object item)
        {
            _listBox.Items.Add(item);

            if (_listBox.Items.Count > _maxEntriesInListBox)
            {
                _listBox.Items.RemoveAt(0);
            }

            if (!_paused) _listBox.TopIndex = _listBox.Items.Count - 1;
        }
        private string LevelName(Level level)
        {
            switch (level)
            {
                case Level.Critical: return "Critical";
                case Level.Error: return "Error";
                case Level.Warning: return "Warning";
                case Level.Info: return "Info";
                case Level.Verbose: return "Verbose";
                case Level.Debug: return "Debug";
                default: return string.Format("<value={0}>", (int)level);
            }
        }
        private string FormatALogEventMessage(LogEvent logEvent, string messageFormat)
        {
            string message = logEvent.Message;
            if (message == null) { message = "<NULL>"; }
            return string.Format(messageFormat,
                /* {0} */ logEvent.EventTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff"),
                /* {1} */ logEvent.EventTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"),
                /* {2} */ logEvent.EventTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"),
                /* {3} */ logEvent.EventTime.ToString("HH:mm:ss.fff"),
                /* {4} */ logEvent.EventTime.ToString("HH:mm:ss"),

                /* {5} */ LevelName(logEvent.Level)[0],
                /* {6} */ LevelName(logEvent.Level),
                /* {7} */ (int)logEvent.Level,

                /* {8} */ message);
        }
        private void CopyToClipboard()
        {
            if (_listBox.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
            {
                StringBuilder selectedItemsAsRTFText = new StringBuilder();
                selectedItemsAsRTFText.AppendLine(@"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fcharset0 Courier;}}");
                selectedItemsAsRTFText.AppendLine(@"{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;\red255\green0\blue0;\red218\green165\blue32;\red0\green128\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green0\blue0}");
                foreach (LogEvent logEvent in _listBox.SelectedItems)
                {
                    selectedItemsAsRTFText.AppendFormat(@"{{\f0\fs16\chshdng0\chcbpat{0}\cb{0}\cf{1} ", (logEvent.Level == Level.Critical) ? 2 : 1, (logEvent.Level == Level.Critical) ? 1 : ((int)logEvent.Level > 5) ? 6 : ((int)logEvent.Level) + 1);
                    selectedItemsAsRTFText.Append(FormatALogEventMessage(logEvent, _messageFormat));
                    selectedItemsAsRTFText.AppendLine(@"\par}");
                }
                selectedItemsAsRTFText.AppendLine(@"}");
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(selectedItemsAsRTFText.ToString());
                Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Rtf, selectedItemsAsRTFText.ToString());
            }

        }

        public ListBoxLog(ListBox listBox) : this(listBox, DEFAULT_MESSAGE_FORMAT, DEFAULT_MAX_LINES_IN_LISTBOX) { }
        public ListBoxLog(ListBox listBox, string messageFormat) : this(listBox, messageFormat, DEFAULT_MAX_LINES_IN_LISTBOX) { }
        public ListBoxLog(ListBox listBox, string messageFormat, int maxLinesInListbox)
        {
            _disposed = false;

            _listBox = listBox;
            _messageFormat = messageFormat;
            _maxEntriesInListBox = maxLinesInListbox;

            _paused = false;

            _canAdd = listBox.IsHandleCreated;

            _listBox.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended;

            _listBox.HandleCreated += OnHandleCreated;
            _listBox.HandleDestroyed += OnHandleDestroyed;
            _listBox.DrawItem += DrawItemHandler;
            _listBox.KeyDown += KeyDownHandler;

            MenuItem[] menuItems = new MenuItem[] { new MenuItem("Copy", new EventHandler(CopyMenuOnClickHandler)) };
            _listBox.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(menuItems);
            _listBox.ContextMenu.Popup += new EventHandler(CopyMenuPopupHandler);

            _listBox.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed;
        }

        public void Log(string message) { Log(Level.Debug, message); }
        public void Log(string format, params object[] args) { Log(Level.Debug, (format == null) ? null : string.Format(format, args)); }
        public void Log(Level level, string format, params object[] args) { Log(level, (format == null) ? null : string.Format(format, args)); }
        public void Log(Level level, string message)
        {
            WriteEvent(new LogEvent(level, message));
        }

        public bool Paused
        {
            get { return _paused; }
            set { _paused = value; }
        }

        ~ListBoxLog()
        {
            if (!_disposed)
            {
                Dispose(false);
                _disposed = true;
            }
        }
        public void Dispose()
        {
            if (!_disposed)
            {
                Dispose(true);
                GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
                _disposed = true;
            }
        }
        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (_listBox != null)
            {
                _canAdd = false;

                _listBox.HandleCreated -= OnHandleCreated;
                _listBox.HandleCreated -= OnHandleDestroyed;
                _listBox.DrawItem -= DrawItemHandler;
                _listBox.KeyDown -= KeyDownHandler;

                _listBox.ContextMenu.MenuItems.Clear();
                _listBox.ContextMenu.Popup -= CopyMenuPopupHandler;
                _listBox.ContextMenu = null;

                _listBox.Items.Clear();
                _listBox.DrawMode = DrawMode.Normal;
                _listBox = null;
            }
        }
    }
}
Chris
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  • To have word-wrap for `ListBox` use the linked duplicate post. – Reza Aghaei Mar 22 '18 at 13:43
  • A `ListBox` is not a logger, in fact it's just a log viewer. The logger, the log model, the log storage and the log viewer are different things with different responsibilities. – Reza Aghaei Mar 22 '18 at 13:47

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