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Combo & List Boxes - Beginners

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Control Subclassing
Updated: 7 May 2003  
This article explains how to subclass controls so that they act and look the way you desire. It uses a listbox as an example.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Eric Sanchez 4.83
Setting the width of the dropdown list
Updated: 17 May 2000  
A simple tutorial explaining how to set the width of a combo dropdown list so that all items are fully visible
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.74
Using the CComboBox control
Updated: 23 Mar 2001  
An entry level tutorial on using the CComboBox control
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Wolfram Steinke 4.56
Using the CCheckListBox and getting check state notification
Updated: 4 May 2004  
Using the CCheckListBox and getting check state notification
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
intensely_radioactive 4.28
Using the CListBox control
Updated: 23 Mar 2001  
An entry level tutorial on using the CListBox control.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Wolfram Steinke 4.08
A Class to Save and Load Listbox Data
Updated: 2 Jan 2002  
CListBoxSafe is a class that can save data from a listbox to file and load data from a file into a listbox.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Kuniva 3.50

Combo and List boxes

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Title / Updated Author Score  
A Separator Combo/List Box
Updated: 28 May 2007  
The Custom Combo Box and List Box Control with Separators
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Zuoliu Ding 4.64
CheckBox ComboBox Extending the ComboBox Class and Its Items
Updated: 29 Apr 2008  
An article on a CheckBox ComboBox control which extends the ComboBox.Items.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 3.5, Visual Studio, Dev
Martin Lottering 4.62
DataGridViewColourPicker
Updated: 17 May 2009  
A customized column for datagridview to pick a color from a drop down within datagridview
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), DBA, Dev, Design
Arash Javadi 4.50
Drill-down Combo Control
Updated: 22 Dec 2005  
A flexible drill-down combo control supporting hierarchical, cascading selections.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
omcken 4.44
Add Item to Binded Combo Box
Updated: 7 Oct 2006  
This article shows how a new item can be added to a data binded combo box
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev, QA
Ali Raza Shaikh 4.43
Image ComboBox Control
Updated: 8 Jul 2005  
This is an extended, owner drawn ComboBox which has an added support to display images in the combobox dropdown as well as the edit (text) box.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev
sindhumn 4.40
Managed Font Combobox
Updated: 4 Mar 2005  
A managed combobox that displays a sample of each font in the system.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, GDI+, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Martin Cook 4.35
ComboBox List Control Host
Updated: 9 Jan 2009  
An article demonstrating how to host list controls inside a standard ComboBox. Easily create your own CheckedList ComboBox and others.
C#, Windows, .NET, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), WinForms, Dev, Design
zaphnath 4.33
How to set values into ComboBox Items
Updated: 26 Jun 2002  
How to use ValueMember with ADO.NET.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, Dev
Tomohiro 4.02
ComboBox with read only behavior
Updated: 25 Apr 2005  
An article about developing a ComboBox with the same read only functionality as the TextBox.
C#.NET 1.1, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Claudio Grazioli 3.96
A combobox that looks decent when it is disabled
Updated: 6 Aug 2006  
This article describes a method to ownerdraw a combo box so that the text is readable when the combobox is disabled.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
AlexKilpatrick 3.90
An extended ListBox control
Updated: 17 Dec 2002  
A control that offers extensible entry specification and full keyboard support.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
ClearlyDotNet 3.73
A ComboBox in a DataGrid
Updated: 25 Dec 2002  
Descendant from DataGridColumnStyle.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Jan Wiggers 3.56
How Do I Put Display and Value in Combobox/Listbox Separately?
Updated: 15 Jun 2007  
This article demonstrates how to use object as items in combobox and listbox and manipulate them.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Manish Ranjan Kumar 3.51
HtmlDropDownList
Updated: 17 Jul 2005  
The HtmlDropDownList control is a Windows Forms control extending the ComboBox, it uses owner drawing to display a limited set of HTML and raises an event when an anchor link is clicked.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Bruce Robertson 3.33
ColorComboBox
Updated: 11 Aug 2004  
Selecting colors with a combo box.
C#, VC7, VC7.1.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev
pseudonym67 3.21
Binding the Enum to the Dropdown Listbox and Sorting it on Values
Updated: 12 May 2008  
An article on Binding Enum to DropdownListbox with the SortedList that sorts entries by value instead of by key.
VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), WebForms
Chirag Maisuriya 3.00
The Localizable Dropdown for ASP.NET 2.0
Updated: 1 Jan 2009  
Simple way of binding dropdown control to resource files
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, ASP.NET, WebForms
Shahid Syed 3.00
An Autobiography of a Windows Forms custom control in its own words [ComboView] – Part I.
Updated: 27 Dec 2003  
Who am I? What am I doing here at CodeProject? Well, I'll answer myself all these questions and others.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Rajesh Pillai 2.93
A Data Bound Combo Box
Updated: 5 Dec 2004  
This article provides a combo box that is easy to use with data sources.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, ADO.NET, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Stanciu Vlad 2.67
Databinding CheckListBoxControl with DataView
Updated: 6 Mar 2005  
Databinding CheckListBoxControl with DataView.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Syed Irtaza Ali 2.33
Adding a 'select' Option to a Windows Forms Databound Combobox - The Easy Way
Updated: 23 Oct 2009  
How to add a 'select' option to a Windows Forms databound combobox with one easy method
C#, Windows, WinForms
greg_quinn 2.00
ItemData in .NET - Unedited
Updated: 10 Dec 2007  
Combo box and List Box Item Data in .NET
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded), Win32, Win64
S.Raja 1.83
ReadOnly Combobox
Updated: 7 May 2007  
Creating simple, attractive, read-only comboboxes
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
topcatalpha 1.33
Cascading Dropdonlist in ASP.NET - Unedited
Updated: 13 Feb 2008  
Cascading dropdown list in asp.net using MYSQL database
VBScript, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Windows (WinXP, Vista), ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Ajax, Design
Avinash Desai 1.11

Combo & List Boxes - ComboBox Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
AutoComplete without IAutoComplete
Updated: 30 Apr 2003  
An AutoCompletion control that doesn't use IAutoComplete but still retains the same look and feel.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Andreas Kapust 4.80
Implementing an autocompleting Combobox
Updated: 18 Oct 2000  
A combobox that autocompletes as you type
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.79
CheckComboBox Control
Updated: 24 Nov 1999  
A combo box with check boxes.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Magnus Egelberg, Lundalogik 4.78
AdvComboBox - Version 2.1
Updated: 5 Sep 2002  
A Combobox in which the user can resize the drop window. Can be standard style or flat style.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Mathias Tunared 4.77
Custom ComboBox
Updated: 4 May 2006  
A combo box control with a custom popup control.
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Bahrudin Hrnjica 4.76
Creating a Custom DropDown Control
Updated: 10 Nov 2009  
Explains how to effectively create virtually any type of dropdown control
C#, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), GDI+, WinForms, Dev, Design
Richard Blythe 4.76
How to create a custom ComboBox from scratch
Updated: 13 Nov 2008  
An article on creating a custom ComboBox control completely from scratch.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.5), GDI+, WinForms, Dev
bbbnova 4.69
History ComboBox
Updated: 20 Apr 2007  
CComboBox with support for item history.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.68
Fast Drive ComboBox
Updated: 22 May 2007  
A fast combobox that correctly displays all the logical drives with the appropriate icons, volume names, and drive letters.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Michael B. Hansen 4.61
Searchable MultiColumn ComboBox with Linked TextBox
Updated: 31 Jan 2008  
A multi-column combox that can link to a dataset or an array of objects. Supports the hiding of columns and the reordering of visible ones. The combobox can display a field (like a code) while the linked text box can show the corresponding description. Supports auto-completion and RightToLeft langua
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Darryl Caillouet 4.61
Priority sorted task list control
Updated: 10 Oct 2002  
Color coded priority task list control for managing TODO lists
VC6, MFC, Dev
XanderXP 4.58
A Custom Group Combo Box
Updated: 12 Jun 2001  
A combobox-like control that allows groupings within the elements in the dropdown list.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Brett R. Mitchell 4.56
Font Combo
Updated: 7 Jul 2003  
An MFC-based Font selection and preview combo
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Chris Losinger, Dave Schumann 4.45
A Windows.Forms.ComboBox with Item ToolTips for 32 bit Windows XP (SP2)
Updated: 6 Jun 2007  
A simple overview of how to create a hybrid Drop-Down ComboBox where a tooltip is shown over an item if it is too long to display within the ListBox rectangle.
VB 8.0, .NET (.NET 2.0), WinXP, GDI+, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Richard Ashman 4.43
XTipComboBox - Display tooltips for combobox
Updated: 1 Jul 2003  
XTipComboBox implements a combobox with tooltips for the data items (both in the list box and in the edit box)
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.42
A ComboBox with a CheckedListBox as a Dropdown
Updated: 22 Nov 2008  
A ComboBox with a CheckedListBox as a dropdown
C# 2.0, .NET, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev
Stelios Alexandrakis 4.39
Color Picker by Owner Drawn List Box and Combo Box
Updated: 30 Jul 2002  
Demonstrates how to implement a WIN32 color picker by owner drawn list box or combo box
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Li Zhaoming 4.36
FontComboBox ActiveX control
Updated: 7 Aug 2002  
Another FontComboBox class. This one uses the ATL technology
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, ATL, Dev
Jean-Michel LE FOL 4.35
MultiColumnComboBoxEx: An Extended Data-Bound Multiple Column ComboBox
Updated: 18 Feb 2009  
A customized multi-column ComboBox supports separate box and item height
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
HU Lihui 4.33
Super Combo Box - combo-box with columns, colors and more
Updated: 12 Apr 2004  
A CComboBox derived class that contains colors, columns, bold fonts, and images.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
ronhash 4.27
A separator combo-box
Updated: 13 Jun 2004  
A CComboBox derived combo-box class
VC7, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, Dev
Zuoliu Ding 4.23
A Multi Column ComboBox
Updated: 30 Nov 1999  
A multicolumn, customizable, editable combobox
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Xiao Wu Guang 4.23
Combo Box Initialization
Updated: 16 May 2000  
Learn how to programmatically initialize a combo box.
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Joseph M. Newcomer 4.23
Combo box with both read-only items and editable items
Updated: 19 Feb 2004  
A combo box that consists of both read-only items as well as editable items that depending on selection, locks and unlocks the edit field of the combo box.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Patric_J 4.17
Color Picker Combo Box
Updated: 18 Oct 2000  
A combobox derived class that provides a simple color picker
VC6, MFC, Dev
James R. Twine 4.16
Read Only ComboBox
Updated: 3 Oct 2000  
Show a disabled dropdown style combobox like a read only edit box.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Tim McColl 4.14
Customizable ComboBox Drop-Down
Updated: 21 Jun 2009  
A combobox control with a customizable drop-down
C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.0), GDI+, Dev
lhayes00 4.10
ColorComboBox
Updated: 3 Jul 2008  
A ColorComboBox color picker using ToolStripDropDown.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, WinForms, Dev
Ali Rafiee 4.06
Case-sensitive ComboBox
Updated: 20 Apr 2007  
CComboBox (and CListBox) with case-sensitive searching
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.02
Read Only ComboBox Provider
Updated: 22 May 2008  
How to create a read only combobox user IExtenderProvider.
VB (VB 8.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
RanceDowner1234 4.00
BitmapPickerComboEx - A Nice Looking Combo Box with Sections
Updated: 22 Jan 2009  
Control to create a Combobox dropdown with icons and sections headers
VC6, Windows, MFC, Architect
ITSTH 4.00
Store and show Tree struct in a Combobox
Updated: 31 Jul 2002  
Store and show Tree struct in Combobox
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Simon.W 3.98
A Read-Only Combo with Selectable Text
Updated: 30 Nov 2005  
A combo box which behaves as a fully disabled combo box except that it allows you to select the text.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
David Pritchard 3.97
Auto Complete ComboBox
Updated: 8 Nov 2006  
An article on an auto-complete combobox.
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Manoh 3.89
Creating an input for a console using a combo box
Updated: 25 Jan 2005  
A simple way to use a combo box for an input field for a console.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Kevin Bond 3.89
CCheckComboBox II
Updated: 4 Jul 2004  
A ComboBox that has a checkbox by each of its items.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
PJ Arends 3.88
Most Recently Used List in a Combobox
Updated: 29 Nov 1999  
A combobox that encapsulates the functionality of CRecentFileList
C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Michael Dunn 3.70
Office Style Flat ComboBox
Updated: 15 Dec 1999  
A drop-in replacement combobox that gives your apps the flat Office-style look
VC6, MFC, Dev
Kirk Stowell 3.65
SQL Server Combo Control
Updated: 4 Aug 2008  
Lists all instances of SQL Server found on a local network.
VB (VB 9.0), Windows (WinXP), .NET (.NET 2.0), SQL Server (SQL 2005), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
Sorcerer1324 3.64
VB.NET: Marrying an Enum to a ComboBox
Updated: 23 Mar 2009  
Exposing enum options to the user via a combobox (or any other indexed control).
VB, Windows, .NET 2.0, Dev
George B Gilbert 3.64
CComboBox with disabled items
Updated: 14 Apr 2000  
combobox with disabled items
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Petr Novotny 3.59
ComboBoxDataBind
Updated: 21 Sep 2003  
A resizable combobox which can bind data through an interface
C++/CLI, VC6, VC7, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Janardhan Babu Chinta 3.57
Multicolumn Autocompleting Combobox
Updated: 13 Jan 2004  
A Combobox that will open up when a unique match is found and can contain more than one column
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Ed Mitchell 3.53
ComboBox bold - Combo box with bold text items and optional icon.
Updated: 5 Aug 2003  
Combo Box that allows you to set some of the items to be bold
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Alex Hazanov 3.48
IconComboBox - Selecting Icons
Updated: 3 Mar 2000  
2 Freeware MFC icon selection combo box classes
VC6, MFC, Dev
PJ Naughter 3.43
CMultiCombo - A checkbox-bitmapped combobox
Updated: 27 Jan 2002  
Present a combo-box class that allows multiple checkbox bitmaps to be placed next to each item.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Mauricio Ritter 3.43
A Combobox with bitmaps
Updated: 24 Nov 1999  
A combo box that can be used to display bitmaps
VC6, MFC, Dev
Anneke Sicherer-Roetman 3.10
Simplest Way to Make Readonly ComboBox
Updated: 5 May 2009  
Readonly ComboBox
C#
softsniper 3.00
ItemDataCombo
Updated: 28 Jun 2000  
An extremely simple but useful CComboBox entension
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Chris Losinger 2.90
VBLikeCombo - A Visual Basic Style Combo Box
Updated: 5 Apr 2000  
Creates a combo box similar to those in Visual Basic.
VC6, MFC, Dev
John C 2.86
Skin the ComboBox in 3 simple function calls
Updated: 24 Mar 2004  
Set the skin for combobox drop down list of combo box.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Ashok Jaiswal 2.81
ReadOnly ComboBox
Updated: 23 Oct 2008  
An extended ComboBox that adds a ReadOnly property to it.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev
Fabio Franco 2.71
A ComboBox using XML as dictionary
Updated: 24 Oct 2002  
Create a new combobox which can fill itself automatically using a dictionary in XML
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Johnson Zhou 2.64
A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo) that can handle generic connection - Unedited
Updated: 24 Nov 2008  
A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo)
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
arif_uap 2.13

List Controls - Drag and Drop

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Drag List Box with Multiple Selection and Inter-List Dragging
Updated: 4 Aug 2009  
A replacement for MFC's CDragListBox that supports multiple selection and dragging between lists
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win 7), MFC, Architect
ckorda 5.00
Drag-and-Drop ListBox
Updated: 18 May 2009  
DragDropListBox, a control derived from ListBox allowing drag-and-drop in multiselect mode.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, WinForms, Dev
oliwan 4.80

Combo & List Boxes - General

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Title / Updated Author Score  
A data-bound multi-column combobox
Updated: 27 Jul 2007  
An ownerdrawn multi-column combobox class with support for data-binding
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.87
Editable ListBox Tutorial
Updated: 24 May 2006  
Step-by-step development of an editable ListBox.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Franc Morales 4.80
Local Input With No Effort
Updated: 16 Oct 2009  
A sort of "add-on" to any application, which does not change at all the behaviour of the application but solves the "local edit" problem in a unitary way.
C++ (VC6), Windows (Win2K, WinXP), Visual Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev
Mircea Puiu 4.80
A Logging Listbox Control
Updated: 16 May 2000  
Learn how to use printf-like functionality to debug your GUI applications.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Joseph M. Newcomer 4.76
Dynamically Highlight Elements in a List Control
Updated: 20 Aug 2001  
Use the custom draw features of a List Control to dynamically find and hightlight items.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Coleman Brumley 4.74
SuperGrid - Yet Another listview control
Updated: 8 Dec 1999  
A combination list control and tree control with checkbox capability
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Allan Nielsen 4.65
RadioListBox: A ListBox with Radio Buttons (Winforms version)
Updated: 3 Sep 2008  
How to implement an owner-drawn ListBox with radio buttons instead of standard selection highlight
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, VistaVS2005, Dev
Jaime Olivares 4.61
Using text callbacks in ListView Controls
Updated: 26 Nov 1999  
Shows how to use text callbacks in list controls
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.60
Thumbnails Viewer using ListCtrl
Updated: 27 Jan 2006  
Show thumbnails of images, include JPG, TIFF, BMP, etc.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
moah 4.56
Pickers Library: For Creating Pickers in .NET
Updated: 16 Oct 2007  
A library for creating pickers: controls that display rich drop-down UIs
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
@MSI 4.55
Dynamically re-creating a combo box
Updated: 2 Aug 2002  
Function to recreate a combo box at run-time to allow new styles, preserving its data
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.54
Making Standard ComboBox appear flat
Updated: 18 May 2005  
A simple and easy class that draws the standard ComboBox as flat control.
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Fadrian Sudaman 4.54
Autosize ListCtrl Header
Updated: 19 Apr 2007  
Autosize the last column of a list control's header. But there is a catch...
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Ali Rafiee 4.49
Dynamically re-creating a list box
Updated: 2 Aug 2002  
Function to recreate a listbox at run-time to allow new styles, preserving its data, and selections
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.48
Where's the ImageCombo control?
Updated: 18 Jan 2004  
ImageCombo control for .NET.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Niels Penneman 4.46
FontComboBox - a font listing combo box for .NET
Updated: 4 Aug 2002  
A fully owner drawn ComboBox derived class for enumerating and choosing fonts
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.42
Look-up ComboBox
Updated: 6 May 2005  
The article contains LookupComboBox control.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev
dotNet Toys 4.38
An effective way to hide or show columns in list control dynamically
Updated: 8 Jun 2005  
An article on how to dynamically hide columns in a list control.
VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Chen Hao 4.35
URLComboBox : A window forms control for displaying URL's
Updated: 25 Feb 2002  
A window forms control for displaying URL's similar to URL combo in IE.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Rama Krishna Vavilala 4.33
Multicolumn Combobox with Additional Format Conditions
Updated: 9 May 2007  
Multicolumn Combobox with additional format conditions depending on the displayed values
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS2005, Dev
Gismow 4.33
Hacking the Combo Box to give it horizontal scrolling
Updated: 31 Jan 2005  
How to hack the combo box to give it a horizontal scroll bar, thus giving a polished look with ease + simplicity.
C++, C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Tomas Brennan 4.32
ListBoxDual Custom Control
Updated: 30 Apr 2005  
Implementation time of a web project is much shorter with easy-to-use custom components.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, IE 6.0, IE 5.5, Dev
mutlugokhan 4.29
An editable multi-line listbox for .NET
Updated: 4 Aug 2002  
An owner drawn listbox that supports multi-line word-wrapped text as well as in-place editing.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.27
Bindable CheckedListBox
Updated: 24 Jul 2006  
In this article you will see how to bind a CheckedListBox to the data source and use features of multiple selection with data binding.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Hossein eraghi 4.25
Using ListView control under Win32 API
Updated: 2 Aug 2003  
This article will show/teach how to use ListView under Win32 API (Visual C++ 6.0).
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Bengi 4.24
MFC Controls using XML-Files as DataSource (XERCES-Parser)
Updated: 9 Mar 2005  
An article on reading xml files with the xerces parser and binding the data to custom MFC Controls
XML, VC6WinXP, MFC, Dev
Rainer Schuster 4.20
ToolTipListBox - a list box with tool tips
Updated: 31 Jul 2002  
A ListBox derived class that shows tool-tips for items that won't fit within the width of the list box
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.15
Showing a Separate Tooltip for Each Item in a ListBox - .NET 2.0 (C# Code)
Updated: 2 Jan 2009  
This article explains how to show separate tooltips for each item in a Listbox control
C#, .NET, Dev
Geek13 4.15
ComboBox firing events when hovering on the dropdown list
Updated: 29 May 2006  
This article describes a custom ComboBox that will fire an event that lets the user know which item is being hovered over in the dropdown list of a ComboBox.
C#.NET 2.0, WinXPVS2005, Dev
NeilPrice 4.14
ListEx - A Sonork like ListBox for .NET
Updated: 7 Aug 2002  
This is my imitation sonork chat listbox, it supports most of the features of the real thing.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Nnamdi Onyeyiri 4.10
Unbound items in a bound ComboBox
Updated: 25 Feb 2006  
This article shows how to add unbound items to a bound ComboBox.
C#.NET 1.1, WinXP, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Itay Sagui 4.09
Getting Scroll Events for a Listbox
Updated: 27 Jun 2004  
The standard framework won't tell when the scrollbar moved or what position it is at. This code gives you that control.
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
bugshake 4.07
Extending the ListBox to show more complex items
Updated: 4 Sep 2006  
This article shows how to extend the ListBox to show more complex items - for example, items with image and text areas.
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
GiedriusBan 4.05
Multi Column ComboBox
Updated: 17 Nov 2002  
Displaying Multiple Columns in a Dropdown Combobox
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
SeeSharp 4.04
Ordered ListBox
Updated: 29 Jul 2002  
A ListBox derived class that supports internal ordering and re-ordering of items
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.03
ImageListBox - exposing localizable custom object collection as a property
Updated: 13 Jun 2002  
A control that exposes a custom object collection as a property that may be edited by the VS.NET Forms Designer and supports localization
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Alexander Yakovlev 4.03
An OwnerDraw ComboBox with CheckBoxes in the Drop-Down
Updated: 24 May 2007  
An OwnerDraw ComboBox with CheckBoxes in the Drop-Down
C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev
Derek Viljoen 3.97
Implementing an OwnerDrawn ComboBox
Updated: 3 Feb 2002  
This article shows how to create an OwnerDrawn combobox
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Senkwe Chanda 3.97
A C# ColorListBox
Updated: 29 May 2002  
In this article we will see how to write an owner drawn ListBox
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Sanjay Ahuja 3.95
Multi Column List Box in C#
Updated: 2 Jun 2002  
An inherited ListBox that displays each column of a DataBound ListBox
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Chris Rickard 3.95
NullableComboBox
Updated: 17 Jul 2005  
A combobox which can show null for business objects.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Rainer Halanek 3.89
Property list ActiveX control
Updated: 4 Nov 2004  
Property list similar to VB.NET, implemented as ActiveX control.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VB 6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Alex Hazanov 3.87
Validating Tree/List Control In-Place Edit
Updated: 14 Apr 2002  
Adding per character input validation to the in-place label edit control in list and tree controls.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Kyudos 3.86
An auto-resize C# Listbox (updated)
Updated: 2 Aug 2004  
A listbox which will auto-resize its texts.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Lelieveld 3.79
Multiselect DropDown ListBox Control for Web Applications
Updated: 3 Dec 2008  
Enables the user to select multiple options in a drop down
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Dev
Saleena, Thangavel Murugesan 3.79
Workaround for disappearing checks in the CheckedListBox control
Updated: 24 Apr 2003  
The CheckedListBox control has a serious problem! It forgets the checks when its DataSource property is set. This is the most effective workaround I have found.
C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Carl Mercier 3.78
A C# auto complete combo box
Updated: 14 Apr 2003  
A C# implementation of an auto complete combo box, based on Chris Maunder's MFC code
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Matt Berther 3.77
Adjust combo box drop down list width to longest string width
Updated: 7 Jan 2004  
Automatically adjust the width of the drop down list of a combo box to the width of its longest item string.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
SathishVJ 3.77
C function to export text from a ListView into a text file with separators
Updated: 8 Dec 2004  
Win32 API using C - no MFC.
C, VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Bruno Challier 3.77
RadioPanel: Binding RadioButton Groups to Enumeration Properties
Updated: 28 Aug 2007  
Provides a Windows Forms control that enables binding the value of an enumeration type property to a Panel of RadioButtons.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Jay Andrew Allen 3.77
Indicating an empty ListView
Updated: 11 Jan 2000  
Instead of presenting a blank screen if your list control is empty, why not try this?
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
GHINI Mauro 3.76
Neat Tooltip for ComboBox
Updated: 27 Sep 2006  
Details of how to make a tool-tip for a combobox. The enhanced class CTTCombobox is derived from the MFC ComboBox class.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
starschen 3.74
DriveComboBox
Updated: 20 Feb 2002  
Ownerdrawn ComboBox that dispays all logical drives with appropriate icon, volume name and drive letter
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
odah 3.68
Showing the Image file thumbnail view in ListView control using VC++ 6.0
Updated: 1 Oct 2004  
This sample program shows how to create a thumbnail view in ListView control.
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Karpaga Rajan 3.68
LineEditor Control – Line based visual input/output - Unedited
Updated: 4 Jul 2007  
A line based control for output and optional input, and a discussion of how to create a custom control from the .Net UserControl
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev
BobJanova 3.67
Customized Report List Control With In Place Combo Box & Edit Control
Updated: 29 Dec 2003  
List control that supports in place combo box and edit control within the cells as well as read only columns
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
The.Saint 3.65
An auto-resize C# ListBox
Updated: 16 Jul 2002  
A custom ListBox that can resize its items automatically
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Christian Tratz 3.63
Two ListBoxes - Drag and Drop Example
Updated: 18 Jan 2004  
Example of a windows form application with two listboxes. Items from the left listbox can be dragged to the right listbox. Items in the right listbox can be rearranged or removed with DragDrop.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Larry1024 3.61
A C# Server Drop-down Control
Updated: 29 May 2002  
A C# usercontrol that enumerates servers and displays the list in a drop-down list
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev
Marty Cerisano 3.58
A text-based Name List + Lookup Control
Updated: 20 Jan 2004  
A usable sample on how to build an outlook-style name-lookup control
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
uTILLIty 3.57
C functions to insert columns, items and subitems into a ListView control
Updated: 2 Jan 2005  
Win32 API and C.
C, VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Bruno Challier 3.44
Auto Complete Multi Column ComboBox
Updated: 6 Oct 2005  
This is my version of an auto completing mutli column ComboBox.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
cavoliotmail.com1@h 3.44
ColorListBox
Updated: 23 Apr 2005  
Color ListBox with icons.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Alex_1 3.40
Graphic and Text Ownerdraw Listbox
Updated: 1 Sep 2008  
Already made MFC ownerdraw listbox that holds text and icons
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
>>MonMon<< 3.40
How to write a HatchStyle Dropdown
Updated: 4 Sep 2005  
In this article we will see how to write a HatchStyle dropdown.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Saravanan Muthiah 3.33
Solution to issues when using a combo box and a listbox
Updated: 22 Sep 2006  
Solution to issues when using a combo box and a listbox.
Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Sai Doctor 3.33
Intellisense: Home-Made - Based on Visual Studio
Updated: 24 Feb 2006  
Re-create Microsoft's intellisense technology to use in your own applications
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
James Gupta 3.14
Read only ComboBox
Updated: 11 Oct 2004  
How to make ComboBox read only
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Dan.A. 3.08
TdhComboBox - An Inherited ComboBox With ReadOnly Property
Updated: 12 Oct 2006  
This article describes a subclassed ComboBox with ReadOnly functionality.
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, WinForms, Dev
IlĂ­on 3.06
EmrColorComboBox
Updated: 30 May 2006  
A skinned ComboBox contains Web colors
C#, .NET, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Ampiroid 3.00
CheckListBox Based on ListBox that Supports ReadOnly
Updated: 8 Nov 2007  
Extended ListBox which supports CheckBox in Normal and ReadOnly mode
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
H. Tony 3.00
Build a Better CheckedListBox Control
Updated: 11 Jul 2003  
This custom CheckedListBox control keeps users from changing the checkstate of items, fixes a TabControl bug, and adds extra functionality.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Trevor Kennedy 2.74
How to easily navigate and edit a list view control
Updated: 8 Jan 2004  
How to easily navigate and edit a list view control
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Dr. Sai 2.70
Appearance Customizable ComboBox
Updated: 27 Mar 2007  
A class implementing .Net ComboBox Control that allows appearance customization.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, GDI+, VS2005, Dev
Eugenis 2.60
System Drives Browser
Updated: 7 Aug 2002  
System Drives Drowser
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Barretto VN 2.58
ListBox with Icons
Updated: 8 Apr 2002  
Listbox Control with an image property for every item
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
nhgiang 2.34
Drive Box
Updated: 4 Jul 2001  
This article explains how to display the list of Drive in a ComboList box.
C#, VC7, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Gobinath.K.R 2.29
Displaying an empty value in a combo box in a C# Windows application using MS Access - Unedited
Updated: 19 Oct 2006  
Display an empty value in a combo box within a C# Windows application using an SQL query
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Johann Lazarus 1.87
Simple way to add a property to the ListViewItem
Updated: 18 Sep 2005  
How to add a property to an item in a ListView.
C++, C#, Windows, .NET CF, .NET 1.1, WinMobile2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Mikkel Rostock 1.86
FLICKER-free - Unedited
Updated: 27 Apr 2003  
how to implement double buffer in the list cnntrol to avoid flipping
VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
moshe masas 1.68
New Win PersianDateTimePicker with C# .NET 2.0 - Unedited
Updated: 9 Apr 2006  
TheOptimized Persian Date Time Picker ComboBox with a sample ...
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
furza_milan 1.58
Windows Forms - Display text for a combobox - Unedited
Updated: 22 Nov 2009  
How do I highlight or display some text like "select item" or "select name" in a combobox in a light gray color in such a way that whenever I click anywhere on the combobox, the text should be cleared and the drop down list opens?
C#, combobox
likhein  

List Controls - Header Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Handling right-click on the CListCtrl header control
Updated: 7 May 2000  
Determining the right click on the header of the CListCtrl
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Alberto Bar-Noy 3.93

Combo & List Boxes - Hybrid Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Category Listbox
Updated: 24 Jun 2002  
This control mimics the behavior of Microsoft Outlook's categorized listbox.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Joshua Quick 4.61
An Enhanced CCheckComboBox
Updated: 10 Dec 2002  
hybrid control simulating a combo box with checkboxes on a dropdown tree
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Magerusan Grigore Cosmin 4.59
CTreeComboBox: A Multiline Tree Combo Box that supports XML
Updated: 25 Aug 2004  
This class implements a combo box that reads its data from an XML file, displays a tree as a drop down window, and supports mulitple selections.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
John Melas 4.50
ComboTree
Updated: 11 May 2003  
ComboBox with a tree control drop down
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Dennis Howard 4.43

Combo & List Boxes - Listbox Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
CFontListBox
Updated: 29 Jan 2006  
A ListBox which could display and allow selection of fonts, with special features.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, GDI, Dev
lgaudouen 4.90
CPrintPreviewListBox
Updated: 28 Dec 2000  
A listbox derived class that allows printing and print preview in SDI and MDI applications
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Tesic Goran 4.80
ListBox With ToolTip Support
Updated: 4 Jan 2002  
A CListBox derived class providing Item tooltips
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
ran wainstein 4.67
CWinListBox - A CWin derived custom listbox control
Updated: 16 Aug 2004  
Step-by-step creation of a custom ListBox control from a generic CWin.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Franc Morales 4.67
Transparent ListBox
Updated: 19 Aug 2005  
How to accomplish true transparency in listboxes.
VC6, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Ali Rafiee 4.67
XListBox - Owner-draw CListBox with selectable text and background colors
Updated: 27 Feb 2008  
XListBox is an owner-draw listbox that provides printf-style formatting and selection of text and background colors
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS2005, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.61
Include/Exclude List Boxes
Updated: 25 Feb 2000  
How to package lots of standard functionality into a CListBox derived class.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Len Holgate 4.58
CListBoxST, a CListBox derived control
Updated: 21 Mar 2002  
A CListBox derived class that handles icons and disabled items
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Davide Calabro 4.53
Drag and Drop Listbox Items
Updated: 1 Dec 2005  
Rearrange listbox items using drag and drop without OLE.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Ali Rafiee 4.47
Editable Multi-line ListBox
Updated: 25 Mar 2003  
A ListBox control providing multi-line support.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
TomKat 4.38
A ListBox Displaying (User-)Controls
Updated: 1 Jul 2008  
Use this Control to line up controls in a ListBox
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Dev
Achim Bohmann 4.38
Fully data-bound CheckedListBox
Updated: 19 Apr 2008  
BoundCheckedListBox is bindable to three tables representing a many-to-many data relation.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET, ADO.NET, WinForms, Dev
vbar 4.32
CRadioListBox: A ListBox with Radio Buttons (MFC version)
Updated: 22 Dec 2007  
How to implement an owner-drawn ListBox with radio buttons instead of standard selection highlight
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Jaime Olivares 4.28
Property List based Listbox
Updated: 5 Jul 2005  
Property list based listbox like VB PropertyList.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Runming Yan 4.28
A multi-check ListBox
Updated: 12 Dec 1999  
Extends the CCheckListBox class to have multiple check box columns
VC6, MFC, Dev
Harry J. Devine 4.25
Drag and Drop Listbox Items using OLE
Updated: 9 Dec 2005  
Rearrange listbox items using drag and drop using OLE.
VC7, VC7.1, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Ali Rafiee 4.21
One-To-Many Relationship between Two List Controls
Updated: 27 Sep 2003  
In this article the realization of one-to-many relationship between two list controls is described.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Alexander Khudyakov 4.17
A CListBox with automatic HSCROLL maintenance
Updated: 27 Jun 2001  
Taking the pain out of adding a horizontal scrollbar to a listbox.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Joseph M. Newcomer 4.07
CListBoxColorPickerST v1.1
Updated: 6 Oct 2001  
A CListBox derived class to pick-up colors from a pre-defined list
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Davide Calabro 4.00
Owner Draw List Box with Icons and Text
Updated: 14 Sep 2002  
Easy to implementation Owner Draw List Box
C++/CLI, VC6, .NET, WinXP, MFC, Dev
chia hung liu 3.93
Simple Listbox In-place Editing
Updated: 20 Feb 2001  
A edit window which greatly simplifies in-place editing of listbox lines
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Sir Gras of Berger 3.81
List Box with ToolTips
Updated: 20 Feb 2001  
A listbox that displays tooltips for items
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Salman A Khilji 3.71
CListBox with disabled items
Updated: 14 Apr 2000  
Listbox with disabled items.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Petr Novotny 3.53
Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events
Updated: 11 Jul 2008  
Create a listbox control that provides events for when adding or removing items.
VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0.NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Calle Mellergardh 3.50
Image List Box
Updated: 26 Nov 1999  
A list box for viewing images
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
GHINI Mauro 3.35
FavorList control (A Hyperlink CListBox)
Updated: 24 Jan 2001  
Favorites List or Hyper Links List Box
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Masoud Samimi 3.15
A listbox with disabled items
Updated: 2 Apr 2009  
A custom listbox control with disabled list items.
C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, WinForms, Dev
Ron Levy 3.14
Moving listbox items
Updated: 26 Mar 2008  
Move lisbox items and change indices.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, Dev
privately voided() 3.00
ListBox with Disableable Items
Updated: 29 Jul 2009  
Provides code for a ListBox with items that can be disabled
C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), WinForms, Dev
Scott Sherin 3.00
Owner drawn ListBox
Updated: 31 Oct 2008  
A listbox which supports custom drawing properties for each list item.
VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), Windows, .NET (.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), WinForms, Dev
eschneider100 2.50

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