The TListBox control is very flexible. You can customize every aspect of each item in the list. However, it is not suitable if you want to handle a long list of data because flexibility comes at the cost of the system being slow when the number of data rows grow. Embarcadero specifies that you should use TListView to display a collection of items in a list that is optimized for LiveBindings and for fast and smooth scrolling.
Using a styled TListView to handle a long list of data
Getting ready
In this recipe, we will use the Do not block main thread! recipe as a base to customize a list view using custom styles. In that recipe, we get a list of weather forecasts from a REST web service and then fill in the list view with that...