[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public event EventHandler<ListBoxDrawEmptyForegroundEventArgs> CustomDrawEmptyForeground

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Event CustomDrawEmptyForeground As EventHandler(Of ListBoxDrawEmptyForegroundEventArgs)

private void listBoxControl1_CustomDrawEmptyForeground(object sender, ListBoxDrawEmptyForegroundEventArgs e) {
    e.Appearance.TextOptions.HAlignment = DevExpress.Utils.HorzAlignment.Center;
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, "The ListBox is empty.", e.Bounds);
}

Private Sub listBoxControl1_CustomDrawEmptyForeground(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ListBoxDrawEmptyForegroundEventArgs)
    e.Appearance.TextOptions.HAlignment = DevExpress.Utils.HorzAlignment.Center
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, "No items", e.Bounds)
End Sub

// Local painting context that contains HTML tree state.
DxHtmlPainterContext ctx = new DxHtmlPainterContext();

// Draw HTML template.
HtmlTemplate htmlTemplate = new HtmlTemplate(LoadTemplate("ListBoxEmptyForeground.html"), LoadTemplate("ListBoxEmptyForeground.css"));
private void listBoxControl1_CustomDrawEmptyForeground(object sender, ListBoxDrawEmptyForegroundEventArgs e) {
    e.DrawHtml(htmlTemplate, ctx);
}

static string LoadTemplate(string fileName) {
    return File.ReadAllText(fileName);
}

private void listBoxControl1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
    ListBoxControl listControl = sender as ListBoxControl;
    if(listControl.ItemCount == 0) {
        ctx.OnMouseMove(e);
        listControl.Cursor = ctx.GetCursor(e.Location);
        listControl.Invalidate();
    } else listControl.Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

// Handle the 'Add Items' button's click to add items.
// You can add items to the 'Items' collection or bind the list box to a data source.
private void listBoxControl1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) {
    ListBoxControl listControl = sender as ListBoxControl;
    if(listControl.ItemCount == 0 && e.Button == MouseButtons.Left) {
        var clickInfo = ctx.CalcHitInfo(e.Location);
        if(clickInfo != null && clickInfo.ParentHasId("btnAdd"))
            listControl.Items.AddRange(new string[] {
                "Item 1",
                "Item 2",
                "Item 3"
            });
    }
}

<div class="container">
    <div class="title">There are no items in the ListBox control</div>
    <div class="button" id="btnAdd">Add Items</div>
</div>

.container {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    height: 100%;
}

.title {
    font-size: 14px;
}

.button {
    background-color: @green;
    color: @white;
    opacity: 0.8;
    border: 1px solid @green;
    border-radius: 4px;
    padding: 8px 18px;
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 8px;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
}
    .button:hover {
        background-color: @green;
        box-shadow: 0px 0px 3px @green;
        opacity: 0.9;
    }