Visual Studio .NET - How to create editable dropdown list using asp.net 2.0

Asked By anitha satish on 07-Oct-07 11:14 AM

Hi Friends,

                  How to create editable dropdown list using asp.net 2.0 and vb.net.

Regards,

Satish.


 

A dropdownlist by itself cannot be made

Peter Bromberg replied to anitha satish on 07-Oct-07 11:22 AM
editable. What most developers do is put a textbox above the dropdownlist and use this to add items to it.

create editable dropdown list using asp.net 2.0

Anup Kumar replied to anitha satish on 22-Oct-07 02:25 AM
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a simple way for editable DropDownList

hamit yıldırım replied to anitha satish on 26-May-08 08:37 AM

using System;

using System.Data;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Collections;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Security;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page

{

int index = 0;

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void ddlHandlerRouteName_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

this.TextBox1.Text = "";

this.dropdown.Visible = false;

this.TextBox1.Visible = true;

}

protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

this.dropdown.Items.Add(this.TextBox1.Text.Trim());


for (int i = 0; i < this.dropdown.Items.Count; i++)

{

if (dropdown.Items[i].Text == this.TextBox1.Text)

{

index = i;

}

}

this.dropdown.SelectedIndex = index;

this.dropdown.Visible = true;

this.TextBox1.Visible = false;

}

}


if is there a way for Editable DropDownList without writing much code tell me pls.