# Selection

**RadListView** supports both *single* and *multiple* selection. The selection mode is determined by the **MultiSelect** property of the control. The selected item in single selection mode can be accessed from the **SelectedItem** property and in multiple selection mode from the **SelectedItems** collection of **RadListView**.

Multiple items can be selected in code as well. This can be achieved by using the **Select** method. This method takes an array of **ListViewDataItem** as parameter.

#### Programmatically Select Items

```C#
radListView1.MultiSelect = true;
ListViewDataItem[] itemsToSlelct = new ListViewDataItem[3];

itemsToSlelct[0] = radListView1.Items[1];
itemsToSlelct[1] = radListView1.Items[3];
itemsToSlelct[2] = radListView1.Items[4];

radListView1.Select(itemsToSlelct);

```

```VB.NET
RadListView1.MultiSelect = True
Dim itemsToSlelct(2) As ListViewDataItem

itemsToSlelct(0) = RadListView1.Items(1)
itemsToSlelct(1) = RadListView1.Items(3)
itemsToSlelct(2) = RadListView1.Items(4)

RadListView1.Select(itemsToSlelct)
```

The **FullRowSelect** property controls whether the full row should be selected or not.

| FullRowSelect=*true*                                                                                                                                                           | FullRowSelect=*false*                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![WinForms RadListView FullRowSelect True](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/6675c2dcefcfba89291fd6dcb6cef2e0/listview-features-selection001.png) | ![WinForms RadListView FullRowSelect False](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/52933e3fa4557dba4fdb7acf68d263b8/listview-features-selection002.png) |

By default, when you add items programmatically, the last added item is selected. This is controlled by the **SelectLastAddedItem** property and if you don't want **RadListView** to select the last inserted item, set the mentioned property to *false*.

## Lasso Selection

**RadListView** provides lasso selection functionality by selecting a rectangle on the surface of the control. As a result multiple items are selected if multiple selection is enabled.

> caption Figure 1: Lasso selection

![WinForms RadListView Lasso selection](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/b825596fe997dc326bd9ebc03c04a0d0/listview-features-selection003.gif)

## Selection Events

When the selection in **RadListView** is changed, the following events are fired:

* **SelectedIndexChanged**: Occurs when the **SelectedIndex** has changed.
* **SelectedItemChanging**: Occurs when a **ListViewDataItem** is about to be selected. It is a cancelable event. hence, you can prevent an item from being selected by setting ListViewItemCancelEventArgs.\**Cancel* argument to *true*.
* **SelectedItemChanged**: Occurs when the **SelectedItem** has changed.
* **SelectedItemsChanged**: Occurs when the content of the **SelectedItems** collection has changed.

## See Also

* [Filtering](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/listview/features/filtering)
* [Grouping](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/listview/features/grouping)
* [Sorting](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/listview/features/sorting)