Forcing a combobox dropdown

[greaver]

Hi Guys,

I want to duplicate the path completion behavior of IE's address bar. In other word as I type a path, a listing of close matches should be shown in the dropdown list. How do I get the combobox to drop its list? I've sub-classed the ComboBox and called its protected method OnDropDown directly with no visible result. Any ideas?

 

[Dinobrago]

Try setting the value of "Combobox1.DroppedDown" to true -

this.ComboBox1.DroppedDown = true;

d - Dean
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[greaver]

Sweet! Thanks Dean!

 

[greaver]

Shoot.. one small glitch.... when the list drops down, the mouse pointer becomes invisible:"( If I move the mouse, the selection on the dropdown list changes but the mouse is not visible. Very odd... any ideas?

 

[greaver]

I've done some more hacking and I think my problem with the "invisible mouse pointer" is related to the keyUp event that I am capturing. (I've made the combobox drop its list using a command button with no ill effects). I've set the KeyEventArgs.Handled = true and = false with no effect on the mouse pointer (in)visibility... any suggestions would be appreciated.