public static void EnableAutoSuggest(ComboBox tb, string[] suggestions)
{
// Create and assign the autocomplete source
// Try to enable a more advanced settings for AutoComplete via the WinShell interface
try
{
var source = new SourceCustomList()
{
StringList = suggestions.ToArray()
};
// For options descriptions see:
// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/shldisp/ne-shldisp-_tagautocompleteoptions
var options = AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS.ACO_UPDOWNKEYDROPSLIST | AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS.ACO_USETAB |
/* AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS.ACO_AUTOAPPEND | */ AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS.ACO_AUTOSUGGEST | AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS.ACO_WORD_FILTER;
AutoCompleteExt.Enable(tb.Handle, source, options);
}
catch (Exception)
{
// Incase of an error, let's fall back to the default
var source = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();
source.AddRange(suggestions);
tb.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend;
tb.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
tb.AutoCompleteCustomSource = source;
}
}
public static void DisableAutoSuggest(ComboBox tb)
{
tb.AutoCompleteCustomSource = null;
AutoCompleteExt.Disable(tb.Handle);
}