Getting index of a column in a ListView

[torrud]

Hi,

I am looking around for a way to get the index of a column by the name of it. The problem I want to solve is the manipulation of subitems in a ListView. At the moment I do it in that way:

foreach (ListViewItem lvi in myListView.SelectedItems)
  lvi.SubItems[4].Text = "myText";

The problem is that I have to select by a number. If I add a column later and reorder the columns I have to replace all numbers in the source code. I think there is a way to get the index at runtime from the column by the name of the column.

Any suggestions?

[jayender.vs]

Check this: Context Menu for ListView Column Manipulation

[torrud]

Well, good to know this article, but it do not solve my problem. Because in the article a column header occures and so the author knows which column was clicked and can get the index. That is the problem for me, I only have the name of the column and have to get the column by it.

[Andy Tacker]

int iCurSelIndex = -1;
foreach (ListViewItem lvi in this.LVClients.SelectedItems)
    foreach (ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem lvisub in lvi.Subitems)
        if (lvisub.Text == "myText")
        {
            iCurSelIndex = lvi.Index;
            break;
        }

[Andy Tacker]

oops Toruud!
sorry wrong code I thinnk.... this is what you are looking for... most probably....

int iCurSelIndex = -1;
string szColName = string.Empty;
foreach (ListViewItem lvi in this.LVClients.SelectedItems)
    foreach (ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem lvisub in lvi.Subitems)
        if (lvisub.Text == "myText")
        {
            iCurSelIndex = lvi.SubItems.IndexOf(lvisub);
            szColName = LVClients.Columns[iCurSelIndex].Name;
            szColName = LVClients.Columns[iCurSelIndex].Text;
            iCurSelIndex = lvi.Index;
            break;
        }