ComboBox Multiple Selections

[Edward Wilkerson]

Hi

I have existing ComboBox's in a GridControl written in VB. I now want to enable multiple selections within the ComboBox using the CTRL key. I then need to store the selected rows of the ComboBox into a field in a table. Any help you might offer would be appreciated.

[Sri Rajan]

Hi Ed,

Thank you for your interest in Syncfusion products.

Combobox does not support multiple selection. But you can achieve this by hiding the default dropdown which is displayed when dropdown button in the ComboBox is clicked. Then showing the listbox for multiple selection, and display the selected items in the cell.
Please refer the below code for more details.

 Private Sub l_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
  Dim cc As GridCurrentCell = Me.gridControl1.CurrentCell
  l.Hide()
  flag = 0
 End Sub
 Private Sub l_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
  Dim cc As GridCurrentCell = Me.gridControl1.CurrentCell
  If (Me.gridControl1(cc.RowIndex, cc.ColIndex).CellType = "ComboBox") Then
    Dim str As String = ""
    For i As Integer = 0 To l.SelectedItems.Count - 1
      str += l.SelectedItems.Item(i).ToString()
    Next i
    Me.gridControl1(cc.RowIndex, cc.ColIndex).Text = str
  End If
 End Sub

 Private flag As Integer = 0
 Private Sub gridControl1_CellButtonClicked(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridCellButtonClickedEventArgs)
  l.DataSource = list
  l.Height = 70
  Dim x As Integer=(e.Button.Bounds.X+e.Button.Bounds.Width)-l.Width
  Dim y As Integer = (e.Button.Bounds.Y + e.Button.Bounds.Width)
  l.Location = New Point(x,y)
  If flag = 0 Then
   l.Show()
   flag = 1
  End If
 End Sub

 Private Sub gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs)
  e.Cancel = True
 End Sub

Here is the minimal sample which implements this task.
http://websamples.syncfusion.com/samples/grid.windows/F74750/main.htm

Please let me know it this helps.

Best Regards,
Srirajan