ComboBoxEdit() Constructor

Creates and initializes a new instance of the ComboBoxEdit class.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public ComboBoxEdit()

VB.NET

Public Sub New

Remarks

Use the constructor to create combo box controls at runtime. After you create an editor, you can customize its appearance and behavior using the ComboBoxEdit.Properties property.

Example

The following code creates a ComboBoxEdit control, and adds three items to the control. Items are PersonInfo class objects. Each item stores a person’s first and last names.

The example uses the ComboBoxItemCollection.BeginUpdate and ComboBoxItemCollection.EndUpdate methods to prevent excessive updates when the item collection is changed.

The ComboBoxEdit.SelectedIndex property is set to -1 for demonstration purposes (the property is initially set to -1). This ensures that no item is selected on application startup.

C#

  ComboBoxEdit combo = new ComboBoxEdit();
  ComboBoxItemCollection coll = combo.Properties.Items;
  coll.BeginUpdate();
  try {
    coll.Add(new PersonInfo("Sven", "Petersen"));
    coll.Add(new PersonInfo("Cheryl", "Saylor"));
    coll.Add(new PersonInfo("Dirk", "Luchte"));
  }
  finally {
    coll.EndUpdate();
  }
  combo.SelectedIndex = -1;

  Controls.Add(combo);


//...

  public class PersonInfo {
    private string _firstName;
    private string _lastName;

    public PersonInfo(string firstName, string lastName) {
      _firstName = firstName;
      _lastName = lastName;
    }

    public override string ToString() {
      return _firstName + " " + _lastName;
    }
  }

VB.NET

  Dim Combo As ComboBoxEdit = New ComboBoxEdit
  Dim Coll As ComboBoxItemCollection = Combo.Properties.Items
  Coll.BeginUpdate()
  Try
    Coll.Add(New PersonInfo("Sven", "Petersen"))
    Coll.Add(New PersonInfo("Cheryl", "Saylor"))
    Coll.Add(New PersonInfo("Dirk", "Luchte"))
  Finally
    Coll.EndUpdate()
  End Try
  Combo.SelectedIndex = -1

  Controls.Add(Combo)


'...

Public Class PersonInfo
  Private _firstName As String
  Private _lastName As String

  Public Sub New(ByVal firstName As String, ByVal lastName As String)
    _firstName = firstName
    _lastName = lastName
  End Sub

  Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
    Return _firstName + " " + _lastName
  End Function
End Class