ComboBox display value width

[Guest]

Hi
Is there a way to have the view/display width different from the width as it
sits on the form?

Thanks
Brian

 

[travisj]

You can set the width of the ComboBox at runtime like so where XXX is
an integer representing the number of pixels:

ComboBox.Width = XXX;

 

[Guest]

OK, its not the combo width, the width of the dropdown text value field when
someone clicks the combobox. so the combo is width 50 but there are values
that are 100 long, so when the user clicks the combo the drop down part is
wider than the combo control.

Brian

 

[Guest]

Change Dropdown Width
int maxWidth = 100;
using (Graphics g = ComboBox.CreateGraphics())
{
foreach (object o in ComboBox.Items)
{
int w = Convert.ToInt32(g.MeasureString(o.ToString(), ComboBox.Font).Width);
if (w > maxWidth) maxWidth = w;
}
}
ComboBox.DropDownWidth = maxWidth;