As I'm not sure whether I should use a listbox or a listview, I 'm going to use list_ in the following paragraphs to mean whichever turns out to be right! I want to put a list_ control on a form, such that I want each row in the list_ to show two columns of data. I've no need for clickable column headings, indeed there shouldn't be any column headings shown. Similarly, gridlines, checkboxes and bitmaps must not be shown. Hot tracking is not required. I seem to remember in VB years ago, this could be done with a standard listbox, but a few Windows API calls had to be made to set a tabstop position; more than that, I can't remember. Regards, Ian Taite. [EMAIL PROTECTED]