# RibbonListView.SelectWithArrowKeys Property

> Gets or sets a value indicating whether an item is set to selected after choosing it by using arrow keys. If the property is set to false, pressing an arrow key moves the selector to the corresponding item, but does not select the item. The default value is false.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 28.0
- **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.SelectWithArrowKeys Property
- **358 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/selectwitharrowkeys-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/selectwitharrowkeys-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/selectwitharrowkeys-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value indicating whether an [item](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/llms-full.txt) is set to [selected](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/selecteditems-property/llms-full.txt) after choosing it by using arrow keys. If the property is set to false, pressing an arrow key moves the selector to the corresponding item, but does not select the item. The default value is false.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool SelectWithArrowKeys { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property SelectWithArrowKeys As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `RibbonListView.SelectWithArrowKeys` to configure select with arrow keys as part of the ribbon list view workflow. The change is then applied to the active document or user interface.

```csharp
ribbonListView.SelectWithArrowKeys = true;
ribbonListView.Update();
```

```vbnet
ribbonListView.SelectWithArrowKeys = True
ribbonListView.Update()
```

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## Nearby

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