Listview copy multiple lines and paste them back as new rows

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I use this code:

C#

ListViewItem clone;
int hasclone = 0;

Copy:

C#

foreach (ListViewItem item in listView1.SelectedItems)
               {
                   clone = (ListViewItem)item.Clone();
                   hasclone = 1;
               }

Paste:

C#

if (hasclone == 1)
{
    hasclone = 0;
        nummer = nummer + 1;
        listView1.Items.Insert(actions, clone);
        actions = actions + 1;
        sortlist();
}

I can copy and paste a row in the listview like this,

BUT

It only pastes one (or copies one)

Can someone help me with this?

For example:
Listview
Item1 Morestuff Morestuff
Item2 Morestuff Morestuff

When i copy Item1 and Item2

It pastes Item2 as Item3

So basicly it only copys the last one because of

C#

foreach (ListViewItem item in listView1.SelectedItems)
               {
                   clone = (ListViewItem)item.Clone();
                   hasclone = 1;
               }

Wich i understand so it can only copy 1 and so only paste 1 listview item

I would like to be able to copy and paste multiple items

Posted 25-Nov-15 8:58am

Mike Vanderklij

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Matt T Heffron · Answer 1 · 2015-11-25T10:16:00

Try something like:
Change how you store the copy:

C#

List<ListViewItem> clones = new List<ListViewItem>();

Variable hasclone is unnecessary.
Then copy them all:

C#

clones.Clear();
foreach (ListViewItem item in listView1.SelectedItems)
{
  clones.Add((ListViewItem)item.Clone());

}

And paste them all:

C#

if (clones.Any())   //.Any() is from System.Linq
{
  ++nummer;  // is this incremented per paste, or per pasted value?
             // if per value, move it inside the foreach below
  foreach (ListViewItem clone in clones)
  {
    listView1.Items.Insert(actions++, clone);
  }
  sortlist();
}

Good luck!