How to Auto scroll TextBox, ListBox, ListView

programming In C# with Visual Studio 2008

Sometimes you need to add this little trick in your code to ease using it. this trick is to force the TextBox, ListBox, ListView, or DataGridView to scroll down to the last item was entered.

Here are some info on how to do an Auto-scroll for your program controls

TextBox autoscroll

textBox1.SelectionStart = textBox1.Text.Length;
textBox1.ScrollToCaret();

ListBox autoscroll

listBox1.SelectedIndex = listBox1.Items.Count - 1;
listBox1.SelectedIndex = -1;

ListView autoscroll

listView1.EnsureVisible(listView1.Items.Count - 1);TreeView autoscroll

treeView1.Nodes[treeView1.Nodes.Count - 1].EnsureVisible();

DataGridView autoscroll

dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedCell =
dataGridView1.Rows[dataGridView1.Rows.Count - 1].Cells[0];

Note:

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