"Select all" method is not available in my VS2010

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Im trying to select all items in a listbox by clicking a "Select all" button,
and i got some info from MSDN website,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.listbox.selectall.aspx[^]
However when i try to use "Select All" method,it shows that such method could not be found.

I had already import the reference PresentationFramework.dll to my solution.

Posted 14-Aug-12 19:36pm

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-14T19:59:00

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Wait! You have confused everything! This has nothing to do with VisualStudio. And either you use WPF or WindowsForms control. PresentationFramework.dll is WPF, the link is for the WindowsForms control.
To allow user to select all elements in wpf listbox look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1030276/wpf-listbox-and-select-all[^]
If you want to select programatically all elements, you can use the SelectedItems[^] property, and add all elements from the bound source (don't forget to set multiple selection mode[^])

Posted 14-Aug-12 19:59pm

Zoltán Zörgő

Updated 14-Aug-12 20:05pm

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asdf9009 15-Aug-12 2:02am

opps!!
thanks for telling me,
i was doing a project in Windows Forms!
So, can i get"SelectAll" method in Windows Forms environment?

Zoltán Zörgő 15-Aug-12 2:17am

The standard control does not have such method, only the wpf control. Use this code line:
for(int i=0; i<listBox1.Items.Count; i++) listBox1.SetSelected(i,true);
And don't forget to set SelectionMode.

You can also make an extension method, if you want to use it many times:


using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace my
{
	public static class ListBoxExtensionMethods
	{
		public static void SelectAll(this ListBox listbox, bool selected = true)
		{
			for(int i=0; i<listbox.Items.Count; i++) listbox.SetSelected(i,selected);
		}
		
		public static void DeselectAll(this ListBox listbox)
		{
			SelectAll(listbox, false);
		}
	}
}

asdf9009 15-Aug-12 17:23pm

thanks...it works now...more to learn...