public static void SetWidthFromItems(this ComboBox comboBox)
{
const double comboBoxWidth = 19; // comboBox.DesiredSize.Width;
// Create the peer and provider to expand the comboBox in code behind.
ComboBoxAutomationPeer peer = new ComboBoxAutomationPeer(comboBox);
IExpandCollapseProvider provider = (IExpandCollapseProvider)peer.GetPattern(PatternInterface.ExpandCollapse);
EventHandler eventHandler = null;
eventHandler = delegate
{
if (comboBox.IsDropDownOpen &&
comboBox.ItemContainerGenerator.Status == GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
{
double width = 0;
foreach (var item in comboBox.Items)
{
ComboBoxItem comboBoxItem = comboBox.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromItem(item) as ComboBoxItem;
if (comboBoxItem != null)
{
comboBoxItem.Measure(new Size(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity));
if (comboBoxItem.DesiredSize.Width > width)
{
width = comboBoxItem.DesiredSize.Width;
}
}
}
comboBox.Width = comboBoxWidth + width;
// Remove the event handler.
comboBox.ItemContainerGenerator.StatusChanged -= eventHandler;
comboBox.DropDownOpened -= eventHandler;
provider?.Collapse();
}
};
comboBox.ItemContainerGenerator.StatusChanged += eventHandler;
comboBox.DropDownOpened += eventHandler;
// Expand the comboBox to generate all its ComboBoxItem's.
provider?.Expand();
}
void IExpandCollapseProvider.Collapse() => publicIExpandCollapseProvider.Collapse();