Better ListView alternative — .NET control for WinForms
The number one replacement component for the regular .NET ListView control.
We've rewritten the .NET ListView control. Great look and feel, more features, better behavior. No learning needed.
Excellent compatibility of Better ListView
- Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005 — with full designer support
- C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages
- .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.
- Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer — 32-bit and 64-bit
Better ListView advantages:
- Single small DLL file (less than 250kB when compressed).
- FIPS-compliant, CLS-compliant, digitally signed and strongly named.
- Easy deployment (xcopy). No dependencies. No installation.
- Royalty-free distribution. No runtime licensing.
- Written from scratch in pure managed code.
- Fast, optimized for 10,000+ items.
- No learning needed. Very similar to regular .NET ListView control.
- User-friendly and developer-friendly.
- No limits of the regular Microsoft .NET ListView control.
- Tested by thousands of users world-wide.
- Guaranteed continued support and development.
- Well documented, intuitive method/properties names.
- Always looks great. Always fully uses the current Windows theme, including Aero support.
- Enterprise source code licenses available.
- Fast 24-hour or faster support.
BetterListView extra features:
Better ListView has hundreds of extra features compared to the regular .NET ListView control. Some of the most notable include:
- Hierarchical items. Supports sub-items like in the tree view control.
- Thumbnails view.
- Serialization – XML and Binary.
- Save/load Better ListView content into XML or binary in just 1 line of code.
- Inbuilt drag & drop reordering (with insertion mark indicator).
- Sub-item images.
- Double-buffered and flicker-free.
- Highly customizable and flexible.
- Multi-column sorting.
- Inbuilt sorting (zero code needed).
- Checkboxes in all views, 3-state support.
- Better grouping – collapsible, image support, context menu support, focusable.
- Embedded editing controls, support for custom controls.
- Complex data binding with custom column mapping.
Why is Better ListView the best ListView replacement component for .NET (C#, VB)?
To put it simply, there is nothing like Better ListView out there. Nothing.
Better ListView has been designed as a component that can easily replace the original ListView control supplied with .NET. There is virtually no learning needed. It's just intuitive.
Better ListView looks native and always fully utilizes the current system theme (so there is no weird inconsistent look), and it also behaves exactly like it should. We've modeled it after the original list view component and the list view used in Windows Explorer — everyone already knows how to use it.
We put extreme attention to details. All the little quirks and nuances that drive us crazy when it comes to components of many smaller vendors are resolved in Better ListView. You will be amazed how flexible and customizable it is, and how great it feels to use it.
Most importantly, Better ListView is packed full of great features.
If you are wondering why we created Better ListView, you can read our story.