Vertical text alignment for listview header text

Question

How can i set vertical alignment of header column of listview object to fit the text within the cell border ( cannot set the height of the header form automatically)

Some of the text are not shown as seen below ;

   ListView1.Columns.Add(items.InnerText, 90, HorizontalAlignment.Center)

adding "strformat" to drawcolumnheader is working for horizontal alignment but not for vertical

 Private Sub ListView3_DrawColumnHeader(sender As Object, e As DrawListViewColumnHeaderEventArgs) Handles ListView3.DrawColumnHeader
    Dim strFormat As New StringFormat()
    If e.Header.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center Then
        strFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
        strFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
    ElseIf e.Header.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right Then
        strFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Far
    End If

    e.DrawBackground()
    e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.SteelBlue, e.Bounds)
    Dim headerFont As New Font("Arial", 8, FontStyle.Bold)

    e.Graphics.DrawString(e.Header.Text, headerFont, Brushes.White, e.Bounds, strFormat)

End Sub

I think you could use Graphics.MeasureString to calculate correct width at addition? — Panu Oksala
@mino it is not about the width, problem is the text are not fit into the height of the row — Ali
Your preferences goes to: - sizing the Font - PInvoking to modify the Header height - using a DataGridView. — Jimi
adding drawcoloumn header event with "strFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center" or "strFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center" is not working as well, any similar idea which is working for horizontal allignment? — Ali
StringFormat is working as expected. Your problem is that there's not enough vertical space to contain your strings. 3 of the possible solutions, I've listed in the previous comment. — Jimi

Ali Ali · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-18T21:24:33

As recommended by @Jimi the best way to handle the header text alignment is using Datagridview instead of Listview. Datagridview has lots of features both with header text, rows and columns adjustment.

Vertical text alignment for listview header text

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