ListView with FindItemBykey

[kevin]

Hi,

I want to find item in listview , but don't know how to use the FindItemByKey method, can you give a sample?
 
thanks

[Richard Slade]

Hi Kevin,

The FindByKey method finds an item by the Key value of the ListViewDataItem. So, for exmaple.

1: Create a simple User class

public class User
{
    public User(int id, string name)
    {
        this.Id = id;
        this.Name = name;
    }

    public int Id
    { get; set; }

    public string Name
    { get; set; }
}

2: We can give a list of users as the datasource of the ListView, give each item in the listview a key value and then find by that key value

// build a datasource of users
int i = 1;
List<User> users = new List<User>();
while (i <= 10)
{
   users.Add(new User(i, "User " + i.ToString()));
   i++;
}
// assign the datasource, valuemember and displaymember
this.radListView1.DataSource = users;
this.radListView1.DisplayMember = "Name";
this.radListView1.ValueMember = "Id";

// give each of the data items a key (= the id of the user)
foreach (ListViewDataItem item in this.radListView1.Items)
{
    item.Key = item.Value;
}

// we can now find the item by the key
ListViewDataItem dataItem = (ListViewDataItem)this.radListView1.FindItemByKey(2, true);
User theUser = (User)dataItem.DataBoundItem;
MessageBox.Show(theUser.Id.ToString() + " " + theUser.Name);

Hope that helps
Richard

[Ivan Petrov]

Hi guys,

The example Richard has provided exactly demonstrates how to use the FindByKey method. Remember to mark his post as an answer if it has helped you, so others can find it if they have the same question.

If there is anything else you need help with, feel free to write back.

All the best,
Ivan Petrov
the Telerik team