Here is my final solution. It works fine with a large amount of data. I use Timer to make sure the user want find current value. It looks like complex but it doesn't.
Thanks to Max Lambertini for the idea.
private bool _canUpdate = true;
private bool _needUpdate = false;
//If text has been changed then start timer
//If the user doesn't change text while the timer runs then start search
private void combobox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (_needUpdate)
{
if (_canUpdate)
{
_canUpdate = false;
UpdateData();
}
else
{
RestartTimer();
}
}
}
private void UpdateData()
{
if (combobox1.Text.Length > 1)
{
List<string> searchData = Search.GetData(combobox1.Text);
HandleTextChanged(searchData);
}
}
//If an item was selected don't start new search
private void combobox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_needUpdate = false;
}
//Update data only when the user (not program) change something
private void combobox1_TextUpdate(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_needUpdate = true;
}
//While timer is running don't start search
//timer1.Interval = 1500;
private void RestartTimer()
{
timer1.Stop();
_canUpdate = false;
timer1.Start();
}
//Update data when timer stops
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_canUpdate = true;
timer1.Stop();
UpdateData();
}
//Update combobox with new data
private void HandleTextChanged(List<string> dataSource)
{
var text = combobox1.Text;
if (dataSource.Count() > 0)
{
combobox1.DataSource = dataSource;
var sText = combobox1.Items[0].ToString();
combobox1.SelectionStart = text.Length;
combobox1.SelectionLength = sText.Length - text.Length;
combobox1.DroppedDown = true;
return;
}
else
{
combobox1.DroppedDown = false;
combobox1.SelectionStart = text.Length;
}
}
This solution isn't very cool. So if someone has another solution please share it with me.