How to have readonly and editable items on a comboBox in C#?

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Hey..
I am trying to add items in a ComboBox out of which 2 are ReadOnly and 1 is an editable item.. The problem I am facing,is i cant come up with a solution to edit the selected editable item..
I have create a ComboBox and added 3 items and set the dropdownStyle to DropDownList..
Can anybody help me???
Thanks

Posted 5-Aug-11 20:38pm

Janed87

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-08-05T20:47:00

Solution 1

You can handle the key down event on the dropdown.
Based on what has been selected, you can either cancel or allow the edit.

Posted 5-Aug-11 20:47pm

Abhinav S

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Janed87 6-Aug-11 3:07am

hey Abhinav..
thanks for your immediate response..
i need to get this more clear..
do i have to handle the key down event or Selection Changed event??
Thanks

Janed87 · Answer 2 · 2011-08-05T20:58:00

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hey Abhinav..
thanks for your immediate response..
i need to get this more clear..
do i have to handle the key down event or Selection Changed event??
Thanks

Posted 5-Aug-11 20:58pm

Janed87

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Orcun Iyigun 6-Aug-11 3:02am

If you want to let Abhinav know about your comment please use "Add comment" button under his solution. please do not use solution as a reply.

Janed87 6-Aug-11 3:08am

thanks..didnt know abt this..