Windows.Forms.ListBox with OwnerDrawVariable bug?

Question

In a Windows.Forms.ListBox with the property DrawMode set to OwnerDrawVariable, the ListBox seems to cache the height of

Answer 1

According this MSDN

LB_SETITEMHEIGHT message

Sets the height, in pixels, of items in a list box. If the list box has the LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE style, this message sets the height of the item specified by the wParam parameter. Otherwise, this message sets the height of all items in the list box.

So this will do it

private const int LB_SETITEMHEIGHT = 0x01A0;

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int wMsg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

private void ListBoxExample_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < ListBoxExample.Items.Count; i++)
    {

        MeasureItemEventArgs eArgs = new MeasureItemEventArgs(null, i);
        ListBoxExample_MeasureItem((object)ListBoxExample, eArgs);
        SendMessage((IntPtr) ListBoxExample.Handle, LB_SETITEMHEIGHT, (IntPtr) i, (IntPtr) e.ItemHeight);
    }
}

The MeasureItemEventArgs accepts a Graphics object, if necessary, create one from the control and pass it in the first argument.