Listview Details view not displaying anything

Question

I'm trying to use a details view mode of a ListView in winforms, but none of the items are displaying. The listview itself is growing as items are added, but nothing is being displayed.

It is displaying the items in list mode, but just not in Details mode.

I have used the following code, any ideas?

forms_listView.Columns.Add("URL");
forms_listView.Columns.Add("Position");

and

ListViewItem lvi = new ListViewItem();
lvi.Tag = form;
lvi.Text = form.URL;
lvi.Name = "URL";
ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem subItem = new ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(lvi, "Position");
subItem.Name = "Position";
subItem.Text = ""+form.Position;
lvi.SubItems.Add(subItem);
forms_listView.Items.Add(lvi);

@David Heffernan Thanks. Due to your comment, I looked around elsewhere and found it :) Never realized that clear removes columns as well — Kurru, Mar 27 '11 at 19:13

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '11 at 19:11

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I found my problem. I was calling the listview.Clear() method which in the documentation says that it removes all items and all columns, which was causing no items to be displayed.

answered Mar 27 '11 at 19:11

Kurru

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lol I've been trying to debug the same problem for past 20 mins! thanks :) need to call listview.Items.Clear() – csauve Dec 14 '11 at 23:08
Answer was useful to C++ too, as I needed to call `ListView_SetExtendedListViewStyle` and `ListView_InsertColumn` first (the other views looked fine). – Dwayne Robinson Dec 11 '13 at 11:55
It's always the dumbest little thing, isn't it? – Philip Guin Oct 14 '15 at 22:47

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 03:57

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forms_listView.Columns.Add("First Column Title"); 
... 
forms_listView.Columns.Add("Last Column Title");

answered Mar 28 '11 at 03:57

bricklayer137

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Listview Details view not displaying anything

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