The ListView control is used to display the values from a data source. It resembles the GridView control, except that it displays data by using user-defined templates instead of row fields. Creating your own templates gives you more flexibility in controlling how the data is displayed.

The ListView control supports the following features:

• Support for binding to data source controls such as SqlDataSource, LinqDataSource, and ObjectDataSource.
• Customizable appearance through user-defined templates and styles.
• Built-in sorting capabilities.
• Built-in update and delete capabilities.
• Built-in insert capabilities.
• Support for paging capabilities by using a DataPager control.
• Built-in item selection capabilities.
• Programmatic access to the ListView object model to dynamically set properties, handle events, and so on.
• Multiple key fields.