how to set combobox read only or user cannot write in a combo box only can select the given items?

Question

i am facing a problem in setting the combo property such that only user can select the values form given items but cannot write in the combo box,

how can i do so in c#?

thanx in advance.

Answer 1

Just change the DropDownStyle to DropDownList. Or if you want it completely read only you can set Enabled = false, or if you don't like the look of that I sometimes have two controls, one readonly textbox and one combobox and then hide the combo and show the textbox if it should be completely readonly and vice versa.

Answer 2

I think what you want to do is to change the setting called "DropDownStyle" to be "DropDownList".

Answer 3

This question has been asked before.

Please see here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/85702/how-can-i-make-a-combobox-non-editable-in-net

Answer 4

Solution is to change DropDownStyle Property to DropDownList. It will help