Combobox in toolbar behaves differently

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Starting a new question from this thread, Can anyone answer why a ComboBox with CheckBoxes would behave differently inside and outside of a toolbar?

Summary from linked question:

I noticed that there is a difference of behavior when the ComboBox is placed in a Toolbar. When not in the Toolbar, it behaves as expected: the CheckBox changes state without closing the Popup. But in the ToolBar, the Popup closes on the first click, regardless of where the click is. Try the new code, please. I really need this in a toolbar.

@AharonMuallem, if you read the EDIT portion of the linked question, it will describe the difference for you. — gregsdennis, Nov 21 '11 at 16:45
@jberger, Very well. See [here](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/859bae90-2f92-42dc-af79-46b9193f0dd2) — gregsdennis, Nov 21 '11 at 18:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '11 at 14:57

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I'd like to thank jberger for suggesting I go to MS.

As suggested by MS, the solution is to set the CheckBox.Focusable property to False in the template.

    <DataTemplate DataType="MyDataClass">
        <CheckBox Focusable="False" ... />
        <TextBlock ... />
    </DataTemplate>

This provides the desired behavior when the ComboBox is either in a ToolBar or just floating in some Panel.

answered Nov 23 '11 at 14:57

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Still has the same problem when Combobox is inside a Toolbar. – Joe Aug 03 '22 at 16:25

Combobox in toolbar behaves differently

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