I have two doubts about the autocomplete feature of textboxes in C#.
First, I want to display the full list, not only the ones that start with the given text, and secondly I want to prevent the auto-complete of specific options (some are category titles).
I've been checking the textbox properties and there's nothing related to it, so probably the main question could be, Is there a way to modify / override the textbox events in order to handle the auto-complete actions? (I don't know if it applies to show the full list too)
I assume you're asking about a winforms textbox, as I dont think the WPF textbox supports autocomplete at all.
The base TextBox class will not support doing what you want, so you could in theory attempt to override all of the functionality in the TextBox class to do what you want, but the better idea would be to create a new custom control that inherits from TextBoxBase and implement the autocomplete behavior the way you want it.
I'm not sure about displaying the full list (perhaps a combobox or similar is more suited to this?) but you can definitely do something like this to swap which list of possible items can be displayed.
Another option, though one I like less, is to remove items you don't want to display at a given time from the collection dynamically, like this: textBox.AutoCompleteCustomSource.Remove("ACategoryTitle")
I could foresee that approach having many problems with trying to rebuild the list constantly. I would probably create a subclass of AutoCompleteStringCollection that wraps some LINQ code to nicely select the union of some lists and not others to display in the textbox.
I decided to build my own autocomplete tool with the help of a simple listbox and events, then I could achieve what I was expecting..
The CodingGorilla's answer probably leads to a better solution if you want something more decent, in my case for speed reasons I decided to do it that way but I'll mark his answer as the accepted in order to help other people who have the same doubt and they could consider that point..
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My program will prompt the user for a number, i.e. 25. The program will then start the "main form" with 25 controls (textbox). The 25 (or whatever number) of textboxes (or whatever control) will need to be formatted evenly. I will also need to be able to retrieve the text (or another property if I use another control) in order, from left to right and up to down. What is the best method of approaching this?
Using WPF MVVM. In a .XAML file, create a DataTemplate with the DataType of a ViewModel that will provide the binding for your TextBoxs, lets call this the TextboxViewModel. Then using a ItemsControl element with an ItemsSource of TextboxViewModel. You'll be able to instantiate as many TextBoxs as you want and be able to get the result by browsing through your list of TextboxViewModel.
Supposing you are using Windows Forms here.
Dynamically create the X controls and add them to the Controls collection of your form. To ease the access to them you can store their reference in a List and set some event handlers too, depending on your needs. You just need to calculate their positions while you add them.
If WinForms, this is exactly what the FlowLayoutPanel is for. Just add the controls to it and they will arrange themselves automatically, wrapping down to the next row as needed. As Mihai already suggested, you could also keep reference to those controls in a List.
Another option would be to use a TableLayoutPanel. It's a little more difficult to learn and use, but is much more flexible and powerful.
I need to give to a windows form user (C# 4.0 application) a way to act on a control showing a list containing several items. What is needed is to give to the user a way to select an item and then to move it upside or downside because changing the order. A possible solution is in the following image that shows a possible implementation using a couple of buttons (labeled + and -) to change a sort key value for each element then giving the reorder responsibility to an override of the alphabetical sort provided by a ListBox control. The change must persists until form disposal
I am wondering if there is a better or simpler way to get the same result; maybe there is some control featuring capabilities that I am unaware of. Thanks
There's no builtin control for this. The solution you suggest can easily be implemented using the Remove and Insert methods for the ListBox.Items collection.
Another solution could be to allow the user to drag & drop the items. Look at CodeCaster's link in the comments to your question.
I'm writing a program that functions as an Excel-style dictionary. Basically, it allows the user to add rows, edit rows, search through them, and so on. I use it for storing and studying vocabulary for foreign languages.
I've gotten a version up and running that I'm quite happy with. It uses a BindingList as a data source for a DataGridView in order to track changes and record them back to the BindingList that I use to store all the vocabulary, and the list itself is made up of a custom class I named "Term", that has properties for "English Word", "Spanish Word", "Examples", ect. What it doesn't do is let the user customize the fields, and that's where my problem comes in. It's pretty much "hard-coded" in that even if I'm studying Spanish or French, the Term class is going to be using the property for "Kanji" from Japanese.
I want to be able to have the user type in what fields they want the dictionary to display and keep track of--basically, they should be able to rename and add/remove columns from the DataGridView. My first thought was to implement this as a List, which stores the names of the fields (and accordingly the number of them, by using the List's length). Then, I would have a Word class that has a List property, and each string in the list represents one of the fields. Then I create a BindingList of this Word class, which leaves me with a BindingList of Lists.
When I try to databind my List list to my DataGridView, the grid comes up empty--it apparently has no idea how I want the data to be displayed and I'm having great difficulty figuring out how to tell it to. I'm not even sure if my approach of having a List of Lists is a good way to implement customizable fields, but it's the best I could think of. In any event, can anyone recommend a way to approach this that lets me add the fields to the table, but also tracks changes and pastes them back to the original source? I need the grid to be used as an editing tool for the user to not only add new elements, but also change existing ones.
It's a personal project, but it's driving me a bit crazy. I was up until 5AM last night trying to figure it out and came up empty-handed. Thanks very much for reading!
I've read your post a couple of times. I'm not sure I understand completly. If I don't, please give some details and I'll try to help.
If I had to do a Excel-like DataGridView, I think I'd use an Array. I would create an array of, say, 256 by 256 and put it as DataSource. Then after the user edits, you read the whole DataGrid and rewrite if it differs from the array you originally had.
I think you might be interested in this class:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/grid/DGVColumnSelector.aspx
It allows the user to dynamically display which columns are shown in the DataGridView
I have a class that returns a list of "Category" Objects. I'd like to display them along the left-hand side of the page in a listview (if that's the best way to do it, even).
The category objects have normal attributes. Title, User, NumberOfProjects. I'd like to display both the title and the number of projects in this list.
Not worried about editability right now as we might make that separate (i.e. not in-line in a list view edit mode).
What do you think is the best way to do this?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give! :)
First if the array of the objects is too big I'd recommend to use virtual mode of ListView.
Second, nice way to "convert" youur object to string is to override ToString method where you can represent info of your object.
One alternative is to bind your collection to a DataGridView and display that, which would save you having to load each item manually but looks tacky and like it was made in Access.
Personally, I'd use a list view as you've suggested. I find that although you have to load its items manually, its simple and looks by far the most professional.
I was just looking for the best way to use a ListView control, I suppose.
I was able to figure it out -- I wasn't using correctly and hadn't included a "contentPlaceholder" element.
After doing this, I was able to use <%#Eval("FieldName")%> to insert the object's properties into labels. It was already in list format, so the databind was a snap.
If code would benefit anyone else, I'll post it -- I just didn't feel like cutting out all the extra CSS. ;)
Thanks to everyone who tried to help with this!
If have a control that acts like a record selector from a database, say, for example, customers.
The control must act in certain ways allowing the user to type the name, the alias or the code of the customer, and the control will select the correct one, or offer a list of possible candidates, and other behaviors.
I have tried to inherit from ComboBox, but there are some ComboBox behaviors that make it difficult or impossible to do what I want, so I'm better starting from scratch, with a TextBox and Button.
The questions are:
Do you know some open-source component so I don't have to start from zero?
Have you already done something like this and want to share methodologies or tips?
Am I good with a TextBox, a Button and a PopUp control?
Try this control from CodeProject: A Reusable WPF Autocomplete TextBox
It allows you to specify a source list, and a custom filter. In your custom filter you can select to show only those records that have a name, alias or code that fit the text entered, and the user will have a list of filtered options displayed to them.