Hi all,

I have a need to have a combo box filled with available colors. The user
then can pick the color he desires. I have acomplished to fill a combobox
with the colors and a little rectangle in front of all the color names to
represent the actual color. But wat I like to have is that after a user
selected the color the selection and also the rectangle would be shown.

Any one tha can help me out here.

Here is my code sofar:

   public partial class ColorsControl : BaseControl
   {

       public ColorsControl() : base()
       {
           InitializeComponent();
           PopulateListBoxes();
       }

       private void PopulateListBoxes()
       {
           Color colorTable = new Color();
           Type t = typeof(Color);

           System.Reflection.PropertyInfo[] PropInfos = t.GetProperties();

           foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo PropInfo in PropInfos)
           {
               if (PropInfo.PropertyType == typeof(Color))
               {
                   Color color = (Color)PropInfo.GetValue(colorTable,
null);

                   comboBox1.Items.Add(color.Name);
               }
           }
       }

       private void comboBox1_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
       {
           string color = (string)((ComboBox)sender).Items[e.Index];

           // Get the Bounding rectangle for a selected item
           Rectangle SelRect = new Rectangle(e.Bounds.X + 15, e.Bounds.Y,
e.Bounds.Width, e.Bounds.Height);

           // Get the Bounding rectangle for the color rectangle in front
of the items
           Rectangle ColorRect = new Rectangle(2, e.Bounds.Top + 1, 10,
e.Bounds.Height - 4);

           using (Brush TextBrush = new SolidBrush(e.BackColor))
           {
               using (Brush RectBrush = new
SolidBrush(Color.FromName(color)))
               {
                   // Paint the item accordingly if it is selected
                   e.DrawFocusRectangle();
                   e.Graphics.FillRectangle(TextBrush, SelRect);
                   // Paint the litle rectangle in front of the colorname
                   e.Graphics.FillRectangle(RectBrush, ColorRect);
               }
           }
           using (Brush brush = new SolidBrush(e.ForeColor))
           {
               e.Graphics.DrawString(color, e.Font, brush, 15,
e.Bounds.Top);
           }
       }
   }

Thanks a lot in advance, Regards,

Bart