Items should be arrange into three columns in CheckedListBox or listview or listbox

Question

I have used CheckedListBox control in vb.net application.

I have several items as follow, item 1, item 2, item 3........item 100.

Now, i want all these items to arrange into three columns and then appear verticle scrollbar.

But, in CheckedListBox, it appears as horizontally. i want it to appear horizontally for just three columns and then vertical scroll should enable.

Can you please suggest if possible in CheckedListBox control or any other control and if possible then how i would have to set its property to achieve this.

Answer 1

I don't think you can do that in a CheckedListBox....

You could create a FlowLayoutPanel, with a fixed width and add AutoScroll = True. Then add a number of CheckBox controls to it.

You could have problems regarding column alignment and margins. If that's the case, you can set the checkbox Autosize = False and make them a little larger (in order to contain the text)

Or you can reduce the Height of the checkboxes to reduce spaces (is this what you want?)

eg. Height = 15