How can I make a ComboBox non-editable in NET

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I want to have a  select-only  ComboBox that provides a list of items for the user to select from  Typing should be disabled in the text portion of the ComboBox control   My initial googling of this turned up an overly complex  misguided suggestion to capture the KeyPress event

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To add a Visual Studio GUI reference  you can find the DropDownStyle options under the Properties of the selected ComboBox     Which will automatically add the line mentioned in the first answer to the Form Designer cs InitializeComponent    like so   this comboBoxBatch DropDownStyle   System Windows Forms ComboBoxStyle DropDownList

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COMBOBOXID DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList

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Stay on your ComboBox and search the DropDropStyle property from the properties window and then choose DropDownList

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To make the text portion of a ComboBox non-editable  set the DropDownStyle property to  DropDownList    The ComboBox is now essentially select-only for the user  You can do this in the Visual Studio designer  or in C  like this   stateComboBox DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList    Link to the documentation for the ComboBox DropDownStyle property on MSDN

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COMBOBOXID DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList

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To add a Visual Studio GUI reference  you can find the DropDownStyle options under the Properties of the selected ComboBox     Which will automatically add the line mentioned in the first answer to the Form Designer cs InitializeComponent    like so   this comboBoxBatch DropDownStyle   System Windows Forms ComboBoxStyle DropDownList

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for winforms  NET change DropDownStyle to DropDownList from Combobox property

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To make the text portion of a ComboBox non-editable  set the DropDownStyle property to  DropDownList    The ComboBox is now essentially select-only for the user  You can do this in the Visual Studio designer  or in C  like this   stateComboBox DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList    Link to the documentation for the ComboBox DropDownStyle property on MSDN

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To continue displaying data in the input after selecting  do so   VB NET Private Sub ComboBox1 KeyPress ByVal sender As Object  ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyPressEventArgs  Handles ComboBox1 KeyPress     e Handled   True End Sub    C  Private void ComboBox1 KeyPress object sender  KeyPressEventArgs e        e Handled   true

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for winforms  NET change DropDownStyle to DropDownList from Combobox property

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To continue displaying data in the input after selecting  do so   VB NET Private Sub ComboBox1 KeyPress ByVal sender As Object  ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyPressEventArgs  Handles ComboBox1 KeyPress     e Handled   True End Sub    C  Private void ComboBox1 KeyPress object sender  KeyPressEventArgs e        e Handled   true

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Stay on your ComboBox and search the DropDropStyle property from the properties window and then choose DropDownList

User · Answer

To make the text portion of a ComboBox non-editable  set the DropDownStyle property to  DropDownList    The ComboBox is now essentially select-only for the user  You can do this in the Visual Studio designer  or in C  like this   stateComboBox DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList    Link to the documentation for the ComboBox DropDownStyle property on MSDN

User · Answer

To make the text portion of a ComboBox non-editable  set the DropDownStyle property to  DropDownList    The ComboBox is now essentially select-only for the user  You can do this in the Visual Studio designer  or in C  like this   stateComboBox DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDownList    Link to the documentation for the ComboBox DropDownStyle property on MSDN

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