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How to prevent the form containing the combo from getting deactivated when pressing mouse-down on the drop-down list box

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This is assuming you are using a list box as your drop-down ListControl:

The reason the combo-containing form gets deactivated is because when you mouse-down on the list box, it activates its parent form (the list box itself will be hosted on a borderless form).

You can work around this by deriving from a list box as follows and using it in place of the list box:

C#

public class StaticListBox : ListBox

{

   protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)

   {

     // Prevent the list box from processing the LeftMouse Down message,

     // since it activates it's parent Form in it's Default Wnd Proc.

     if(m.Msg == 0x201/*WM_LBUTTONDOWN*/)

     {

       return;

     }

   base.WndProc(ref m);

   }

}

 

VB

Public Class StaticListBox Inherits ListBox

   Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)

     ' Prevent the list box from processing the LeftMouse Down message,

     ' since it activates it's parent Form in it's Default Wnd Proc.

     If m.Msg = 0x201 Then

       Return

     End If

     MyBase.WndProc( m)

   End Sub

End Class

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