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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / April 2005ReadOnly ComboBox
Is there an easy (i.e. without creating a new control) way to make a ComboBox ReadOnly such that the user can't change its value but doesn't have to strain their eyes to read its greyed out text? set the DropDownStyle to DropDownList. That will only let you select one of the items that is in the list.  SignatureFloyd > Is there an easy (i.e. without creating a new control) way to make a > ComboBox > ReadOnly such that the user can't change its value but doesn't have to > strain > their eyes to read its greyed out text? Hi Richard, Thanks for your post!! If you want to prevent the user from modifying item in the "textbox" of combobox and still want the dropdown behavior, you may follow Floyd's suggestion of changing combobox's style from DropDownStyle to DropDownList. If you want to disable both content modify and dropdown behavior, I think you may use a readonly textbox to replace combobox control. Hope this helps. Best regards, Jeffrey Tan Microsoft Online Partner Support SignatureGet Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights. > Is there an easy (i.e. without creating a new control) way to make a ComboBox > ReadOnly such that the user can't change its value but doesn't have to strain > their eyes to read its greyed out text? Dick, As Jeffrey suggests, you may use a ReadOnly textbox control, while ReadOnly. If you want to go this way, you can use my own ReadOnlyComboBox which encapsulates that behavior. It has a ReadOnly property and as soon as you set it to true, it displays a ReadOnly texbox instead of the combobox. When you set it back to false, it displays again the ComboBox. You can download it from my blog: http://www.grazioli.ch/Blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=696e467f-5f8c-40f2-8270-62e4cd3b7281 hth SignatureClaudio Grazioli http://www.grazioli.ch
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