# RibbonListView.ActivateEditItemTextBox Method

> Displays a text box to edit the specified RibbonListViewItem.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 27.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > RibbonListView.ActivateEditItemTextBox Method
- **471 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/activateedititemtextbox-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/activateedititemtextbox-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/activateedititemtextbox-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Displays a text box to edit the specified [RibbonListViewItem](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public void ActivateEditItemTextBox(RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem item);
```

```vbnet
Public Sub ActivateEditItemTextBox(item As RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem)
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| item | The specified RibbonListViewItem to edit. |

### Examples

The following example uses Activate Edit Item Text Box in a focused Ribbon List View workflow. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
ribbonListView.ActivateEditItemTextBox(new TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem());
Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
ribbonListView.ActivateEditItemTextBox(New TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem())
Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View is ready for use.")
```

### Limitations

The text box only appears for the specified item, if its [IsEditable](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/iseditable-property/llms-full.txt) property is set to true.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonListView Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonListView.CellPadding Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/cellpadding-property/llms-full.txt)