Dynamic filter of WPF combobox based on text input

Question

I cant seem to find a direct method for implementing filtering of text input into a list of items in a WPF combobox.
By setting IsTextSearchEnabled to true, the comboBox dropdown will jump to whatever the first matching item is. What I need is for the list to be filtered to whatever matches the text string (e.g. If I focus on my combobox and type 'abc', I'd like to see all the items in the ItemsSource collection that start with (or contain preferably) 'abc' as the members of the dropdown list).

I doubt that it makes a difference but my display item is templated to a property of a complex type :

<ComboBox x:Name="DiagnosisComboBox" Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" 
          ItemsSource="{Binding Path = ApacheDxList,
                                UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged,
                                Mode=OneWay}"
          IsTextSearchEnabled="True"
          ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DxDescriptionTemplate}" 
          SelectedValue="{Binding Path = SelectedEncounterDetails.Diagnosis,
                                  Mode=TwoWay,
                                  UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>

Thanks.

Answer 1

It sounds like what you are really looking for is something similar to an auto-complete textbox, which provides completion suggestions in a popup similar to a combobox popup.

You might find this CodeProject article useful:

A Reusable WPF Autocomplete TextBox