Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

9.10. Sort a List View by Any Column

Problem

You need to sort a list view, but the built-in ListView.Sort method sorts based on only the first column.

Solution

Create a type that implements the System.Collections.IComparer interface and can sort ListViewItem objects. The IComparer type can sort based on any ListViewItem criteria you specify. Set the ListView. ListViewItemSorter property with an instance of the IComparer type before calling the ListView.Sort method.

How It Works

The ListView control provides a Sort method that orders items alphabetically based on the text in the first column. If you want to sort based on other column values or order items numerically, you need to create a custom implementation of the IComparer interface that ...