it goes like this...
in the ultracomboeditor u have a value list, what i wanted is to have the possibility to draw the string and the image in the combo display and the itemList display with padding and a distance between the image and the text

since no simple solution was to be found i had to redraw using ValueList_DrawValueListItem which is an event in the value list.

private void ValueList_DrawValueListItem( object sender, Infragistics.Win.DrawValueListItemEventArgs e)
{

ValueListItem item = e.ValueListItem as ValueListItem;
Rectangle rect = e.TextAndImageAreaBounds;
Rectangle paddedRect = new Rectangle(rect.X + Padding.Left, rect.Y + Padding.Top,
Width - (Padding.Left + Padding.Right), Height - (Padding.Top + Padding.Bottom));

Image img = item.Appearance.Image as Image;
if (img == null)
{
int? num = item.Appearance.Image as int?;
if (num != null && num > 0 && num < comboBoxPlus1.ImageList.Images.Count)
{
img = comboBoxPlus1.ImageList.Images[(int)num];
}
}

// draw focus rect if needed
if ((e.DrawItemEventArgs.State & DrawItemState.Selected) == DrawItemState.Selected)
{
using (SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(Color.White))
{
e.DrawItemEventArgs.Graphics.FillRectangle(sb, rect);
}
}

// draw img
Rectangle imgRect = Rectangle.Empty;
if (img != null)
{
imgRect = new Rectangle(paddedRect.Left, paddedRect.Top, img.Width, img.Height);
e.DrawItemEventArgs.Graphics.DrawImage(img, imgRect);
}

//draw text
string text = item.DisplayText;
if (text != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
using (SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(e.ResolvedAppearance.ForeColor))
{
Rectangle txtRect = new Rectangle(paddedRect.Left + imgRect.Width + _imgTxtDist, paddedRect.Top,
paddedRect.Width - imgRect.Width - _imgTxtDist, paddedRect.Height);
e.DrawItemEventArgs.Graphics.DrawString(text, e.DrawItemEventArgs.Font, sb, txtRect);
}
}

e.DoDefaultDrawing = false;
}

i hope it will help the guy after me...

Hi,

Now I'm more confused. Are you talking about Ultracombo or ListView? Because your new post seems to be referring to ListView.

I don't think there's any way to set the padding in the UltraCombo - but you could put padding around your images by modifying the images themselves.

I'm not sure about ListView. If there is such a property, I imagine it would be on the ItemSettings properties.

is there a way to add padding on the left side of the image in the listview items?

i have an item with image and text but the image goes all the way to the left

also i need to know how to add padding between the image and the text if possible?

Sorry, but I do not understand your question.

i want to do the same thing, displaying a smaller image but instead of on the list view which i get a perfect item size on the combo itself where for some reason it streatches to the combo borders...

is there a way to set the size for the selected image on the combo?