SelectedItem Property (ListBox)

Gets or sets the first item in the current selection or returns null if the selection is empty.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property SelectedItem As Object

'Usage
 
Dim instance As ListBox

Dim value As Object

 

instance.SelectedItem = value

 

value = instance.SelectedItem

public object SelectedItem {get; set;}

Property Value

The first item in the current selection or null if the selection is empty.

Remarks

When used with a data-virtualized (asynchronous) source, this property will always return null; use BeginGetSelectedItems and EndGetSelectedItems instead.

Returns null if nothing is selected or if the SelectionMode is set to SelectionMode.None. If using Multiple or Extended selection modes, returns the last item selected.

Example

For more information and examples on selecting data, refer to the Selecting Data topic.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

ListBox Class
ListBox Members