.. _ListBox.add:

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ListBox.add
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   :ref:`ListItem` **add** (:ref:`String` **type**, :ref:`String` **text**)


Parameters
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| **type** | The type of the child element, the string "item". |
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| **text** | The localizable text label for the item.          |
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Description
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Adds an item to the choices in this list.

Returns the item control object. If this is a multi-column list box, each added?ListItem?represents one selectable row.  Its?text?and?image?values specify the label in the first column, and the?subitems?property specifies the labels in the additional columns.