Create a autocompleting textbox using C#
The code example below creates an autocompleting textbox, with the possible values Andy, Andrew, Dylan and Kyle.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace autoComplete
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
AutoCompleteStringCollection nameCollection = new AutoCompleteStringCollection();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
nameCollection.Add("Andy");
nameCollection.Add("Andrew");
nameCollection.Add("Dylan");
nameCollection.Add("Kyle");
txtName.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
txtName.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
txtName.AutoCompleteCustomSource = nameCollection;
}
}
}