In winforms, you need to click the combobox twice to properly activate it - the first time to focus it, the second time to actually get the dropdown list.
How do I change this behavior so that it activates on the very first click?
This is for DATAGRIDVIEW combobox.
I realize this is an old question, but I figured I would give my solution to anyone out there that may need to be able to do this.
While I couldn't find any answers to do exactly this... I did find an answer to a different question that helped me.
This is my solution:
private void datagridview_CellEnter(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
bool validClick = (e.RowIndex != -1 && e.ColumnIndex != -1); //Make sure the clicked row/column is valid.
var datagridview = sender as DataGridView;
// Check to make sure the cell clicked is the cell containing the combobox
if(datagridview.Columns[e.ColumnIndex] is DataGridViewComboBoxColumn && validClick)
{
datagridview.BeginEdit(true);
((ComboBox)datagridview.EditingControl).DroppedDown = true;
}
}
private void datagridview_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
datagridview.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit);
}
The above code must be tied into the CellEnter event of the datagridview.
I hope this helps!
edit: Added a column index check to prevent crashing when the entire row is selected.
Thanks, Up All Night for the above edit
edit2: Code is now to be tied to the CellEnter rather than the CellClick event.
Thanks, HaraldDutch for the above edit
edit3: Any changes will committed immediately, this will save you from clicking in another cell in order to update the current combobox cell.