text in combobox is larger then the size of combobox

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i have a long string(60 charector) but my combobox is smaller.
problem is this when i click on combobox then its not showing total length of string.its showing only 30 character only.
what should i do.
please help me
thank you!

Posted 8-Mar-13 0:12am

arvindnitin7

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Simon_Whale · Answer 1 · 2013-03-08T00:49:00

Solution 3

have a look at the DropdownWidth property on the combobox

have a read of this for further info

MSDN: combobox dropdownwidth property[^]

Posted 8-Mar-13 0:49am

Simon_Whale

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Menon Santosh 8-Mar-13 7:25am

nice Solution

Simon_Whale 8-Mar-13 7:28am

thanks :)

JayantaChatterjee 8-Mar-13 12:45pm

It Works fine...

phil.o · Answer 2 · 2013-03-08T00:23:00

Solution 1

Change the size of your combobox so its width allows to display the whole string.

OR

Limit the size of your string so that it can be full displayed in the combobox.

OR

Change the size of the font of the combobox.

Posted 8-Mar-13 0:23am

phil.o

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arvindnitin7 8-Mar-13 6:26am

i dont want to increase my combobox size.
and size of my string contains minimum 100 charecter so please give me another solution.

phil.o 8-Mar-13 6:31am

So you only have 2 solutions left. Which one do you prefer ?

Mitchell J. · Answer 3 · 2013-03-08T00:24:00

Solution 2

Have a look at System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer. You could use it to measure the length of your Combobox's text and ajust the size respectively.

Hope this helps :-)

Posted 8-Mar-13 0:24am

Mitchell J.

Updated 8-Mar-13 0:36am

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JayantaChatterjee 8-Mar-13 6:34am

Sir, ComboBox doesn't have the AutoSize property like a Label...

Mitchell J. 8-Mar-13 6:35am

Oops. My Mistake...

arvindnitin7 8-Mar-13 6:47am

there is no auto size property of combobox.
plz give another solution

kishore Rajendran 8-Mar-13 6:55am

phil.o is correct,if you want to display full string,then increase the size of the combobox