How to change ListView's theme?

Question

2.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

I'm building a simple application in Windows 7 With Visual Basic.NET (Framework 4.0)
And using ListView to display data.
But, I don't like current ListView theme... ( Only Items are XP Theme :( )
Please see the pictures below

My Application's ListView Theme:
Image 1

Other Application's ListView Theme: (Task Manager)
Image 2

How can I change the theme of ListView?
I need your help T^T

Posted 28-Mar-13 23:57pm

SlaneR

Updated 28-Mar-13 23:59pm

v2

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 1

hi SlaneR,
we will not find any style properties in listview properties .You should create css files and apply css classes for the all controls.

Refer this link:

http://asp-net-example.blogspot.in/2009/12/listview-control-how-to-use-listview.html[^]

Posted 29-Mar-13 0:17am

sainadh.chintha

Updated 29-Mar-13 0:22am

v2

Comments

SlaneR 29-Mar-13 7:54am

This is not about CSS ...

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

SlaneR · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23T18:50:00

Solution 2

VB

<DllImport("uxtheme", CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)>
Public Shared Function SetWindowTheme(hWnd As IntPtr, SubAppName As String, SubId As String) As Int32
End Function

Usage:

VB

Call SetWindowTheme(ListView.Handle, "explorer", vbNullString)

Posted 23-May-14 18:50pm

SlaneR

Updated 23-May-14 18:51pm

v3