# Display Mode

Get started with MultiSelect, the WinForms control that provides the ease of selecting multiple objects from a list/collection. See more in documentation here.

## Content



MultiSelect allows you to choose the appearance of items in header between text or tags. In text mode, the text is displayed as strings separated by a separator character. On the other hand, in tag mode, the tags appear like labels separated by a space. You can choose how the items appear in the TagEditor element using [DisplayMode](/componentone/docs/win/online-multiselect/) property that accepts the values from [DisplayMode](/componentone/docs/win/online-multiselect/) enumeration.

The following image shows the selected items displayed as text in the header.

![ComponentOne MultiSelect showing selected items in header](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/243ab1d7-6cc5-4fde-978a-d5c75779ab14/images/settingdisplaymode.png)

To display the selected items as text in the header, use the following code:

**vbnet**

```vbnet
C1MultiSelect1.DisplayMode = C1.Win.Input.DisplayMode.Text
```

**csharp**

```csharp
c1MultiSelect1.DisplayMode = C1.Win.Input.DisplayMode.Text;
```

By default, the MultiSelect control uses comma (,) as separator character to separate the items in header. However, you can specify a separator character of your choice using [Separator](/componentone/docs/win/online-multiselect/) property.

**vbnet**

```vbnet
C1MultiSelect1.Separator = "/"
```

**csharp**

```csharp
c1MultiSelect1.Separator = "/";
```