How to set the width of the suggest list in a combo box

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I'm using a combo box with .net4 c# and I need to set the width of the drop down list dynamically. The list of stings are added from a SQL query at run time.

The combo box is set to the following:
AutoCompleteMode:SuggestAppend
AutoCompleteSource:ListItems
DropDownStyle:Simple

This gives a list of matches while you type, but the width has to be manually adjusted for long strings.

I have used the suggested code in here Adjust combo box drop down list width to longest string width[^] and that works for the drop down list when DropDownStyle:DropDown, but if you type in some text, the problem noted is still apparent.

Can anyone point me to a solution?

Posted 26-Jul-11 1:19am

Paresh Solanki

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-07-26T01:30:00

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Have you run it under the debugger?

Why don't you get the longest string size (in pixels) when the list is populated/bound. At that point, you don't have to cylce through the items in the list to see which one is the longest, and you can set the width one time.

Posted 26-Jul-11 1:30am

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Updated 26-Jul-11 1:32am

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