Getting Started with WinForms ListControl

This article shows how you can start using RadListControl.

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Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet

To use RadListControl when working with NuGet packages, install the Telerik.UI.for.WinForms.AllControls package. The package target framework version may vary.

Read more about NuGet installation in the Install using NuGet Packages article.

With the 2025 Q1 release, the Telerik UI for WinForms has a new licensing mechanism. You can learn more about it here.

Adding Assembly References Manually

When dragging and dropping a control from the Visual Studio (VS) Toolbox onto the Form Designer, VS automatically adds the necessary assemblies. However, if you're adding the control programmatically, you'll need to manually reference the following assemblies:

Telerik.Licensing.Runtime
Telerik.WinControls
Telerik.WinControls.UI
TelerikCommon

The Telerik UI for WinForms assemblies can be install by using one of the available installation approaches.

Defining the RadListControl

This tutorial demonstrates how to manually populate RadListControl and how to react to a user's choice in code.

1. Place a RadListControl and a RadLabel control on a form.

2. Select the RadListControl control, open its Smart Tag menu.

3. Select the Edit Items task.

4. In the RadItem Collection Editor, click Add.

5. Set the Text property of the new ListItem to "RadComboBox".

Figure 1: RadListDataItem Collection Editor

WinForms RadListControl RadListDataItem Collection Editor

6. Add five more ListItems to the RadListControl. Set their Text properties to "RadDock", "RadMenu", "RadRibbonBar", "RadGridView", and "RadPageView".

7. Click OK.

8. In the Properties window, click the events button.

9. Double-click the SelectedIndexChanged event.

10. Replace the automatically-generated event handler with this code:

Handling the SelectedIndexChanged event

void radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    RadListDataItem item = this.radListControl1.SelectedItem as RadListDataItem;
    radLabel1.Text = "Selected control: " + item.Text;
}

Private Sub radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs)
    Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast(Me.radListControl1.SelectedItem, RadListDataItem)
    radLabel1.Text = "Selected control: " & item.Text
End Sub

11. Press F5 to run the project. Select an item in the list box and note the value of the label.

WinForms RadListControl Selection Event

Getting Started with WinForms ListControl

Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet

Adding Assembly References Manually

Defining the RadListControl

Handling the SelectedIndexChanged event

See Also

Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources

Getting Started

Support Resources

Community