ComboBox case sensitive dropdown

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I have a ComboBox control of DropDown type which contains items "AAA", "Aaa", "Aa+", etc.

The problem is: If I type Aaa, item "AAA" highlighted as selected, not "Aaa". I assume combobox uses FindString to find SelectedItem - so search result is equivalent to first matched item by case-insensitive string.StartsWith.

What do I need to change to override this behavior?

I need to be able to type in the ComboBox.

Is there a method in winforms I could override or some kind of property akin to WPFs IsTextSearchCaseSensitive property from sll's answer?

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See answer on thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25681886/prevent-autoselect-behavior-of-a-system-window-forms-combobox-c — Loathing, Feb 23 '17 at 03:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 22:35

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If you are using WPF, just set IsTextSearchCaseSensitive property to true.

answered Mar 30 '12 at 22:35

sll

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Unfortunately we are using windows forms, so this won't work. – Roman Goyenko Apr 02 '12 at 14:40

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 03 '15 at 23:53

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You can use this:

myComboBox.SelectedIndex = myComboBox.Items.IndexOf("CaseSensitiveTextHere");

edited Jun 03 '15 at 23:53

Alex Pan

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answered Jun 03 '15 at 22:50

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ComboBox case sensitive dropdown

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