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getting the cursor to the last item in listbox

getting the cursor to the last item in listbox, listbox to scroll so that the user sees the last line

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johnholton

22 Apr, 2008 - 03:48 AM

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csharp


public void displayStatus(string msg)
        {
            if (lstStatus.InvokeRequired)
            {
                object[] parms = { msg };
                lstStatus.Invoke(new displayStatusDelegate(displayStatus), parms);

            }
            else
            {
                if (msg.Length < 80)
                {
                    lstStatus.Items.Add(msg);
                    
                }
                else
                {
                    string[] a = msg.Split(',');
                    foreach (string s in a)
                    {
                        lstStatus.Items.Add("," + s);
                    }
                }

                //this line partially achieves what I am looking for, but results in the line being
                //selected. i just want the cursor to be on the last line
                lstStatus.SelectedIndex = lstStatus.Items.Count - 1;
               
            }
        }

EDIT: Code blocks added

This post has been edited by PsychoCoder: 22 Apr, 2008 - 04:30 AM

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PsychoCoder

RE: Getting The Cursor To The Last Item In Listbox
22 Apr, 2008 - 04:48 AM

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Try this

csharp


public void displayStatus(string msg)
        {
            if (lstStatus.InvokeRequired)
            {
                object[] parms = { msg };
                lstStatus.Invoke(new displayStatusDelegate(displayStatus), parms);

            }
            else
            {
                if (msg.Length < 80)
                {
                    lstStatus.Items.Add(msg);
                    
                }
                else
                {
                    string[] a = msg.Split(',');
                    foreach (string s in a)
                    {
                        lstStatus.Items.Add("," + s);
                    }
                }
               
                lstStatus.SelectedIndex = lstStatus.Items.Count - 1;
                lstStatus.SelectedIndex = -1;
            }
}

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johnholton	RE: Getting The Cursor To The Last Item In Listbox 22 Apr, 2008 - 12:43 PM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 22 Apr, 2008 Posts: 4	thanks that worked a treat
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PsychoCoder	RE: Getting The Cursor To The Last Item In Listbox 22 Apr, 2008 - 01:01 PM Post #4
using DIC.Core; Joined: 26 Jul, 2007 Posts: 8,983 Thanked: 125 times Dream Kudos: 8525 Expert In: VB, VB.Net, C#, SQL, ASP, ASP.Net, Web Development, HTML, CSS, Win32 API, Javascript, mySQL, J#, Boo.Net My Contributions	No problem, glad I could help
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