How do i highlight part of combobox items text that appear in the drop downlist

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How can i highlight a part of combobox text items that appear in the popup...
i'm creating a combobox which suggests items (somewhat like the google search text box)..

Posted 8-Aug-11 20:02pm

tomgeo19

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*dan!sh* · Answer 1 · 2011-08-08T20:06:00

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The combobox has AutoCompleteMode property. You can set that to Suggest. I guess that's what are you looking for.

Update: Sorry, didn't noticed WPF tag. Check out this[^] link. It may help.

Posted 8-Aug-11 20:06pm

dan!sh

Updated 8-Aug-11 20:18pm

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tomgeo19 9-Aug-11 2:12am

there is no autocomplemode in wpf.. :(

dan!sh 9-Aug-11 2:18am

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