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I have textbox1 that is autocomplete .. but when I press key up and down to move in the suggested list it doesn't do that it just close the list instead of navigating through the list

how to fix that problem
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CHill60 24-Dec-15 11:47am    
I'm not seeing this behaviour in WinForms so what are you using? (WPF, ASP?)
Do you have any events wired up to the TextBox that could change the way it handles keys?
gggustafson 24-Dec-15 11:49am    
I think you may be a little confused by autocomplete TextBoxes, ComboBoxes, and ListBoxes. An autocomplete TextBox does not operate the way you suggest. No KeyDown event needs to be provided; just the list of entries that autocomplete will provide. That list can be dynamic. See the MSDN article https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.textbox.autocompletemode(v=vs.90).aspx.
BillWoodruff 24-Dec-15 12:37pm    
If this were posted as a solution, you'd get my #5.
gggustafson 24-Dec-15 12:49pm    
OK, added as a solution. Regards and Happy Holidays.

I think you may be a little confused by autocomplete TextBoxes, ComboBoxes, and ListBoxes. An autocomplete TextBox does not operate the way you suggest. No KeyDown event needs to be provided; just the list of entries that autocomplete will provide. That list can be dynamic. See the MSDN article https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.textbox.autocompletemode(v=vs.90).aspx.
 
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I think you need to implement autocomplete data in a textbox. Use AJAX autocomplete extender for this problem.

You should see my complete blog here....
Autocomplete Textbox from Database with AJAX Extender on eSoftCode | Coding Community
 
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