How to get the Default ComboBox from the Visual Studio designer? - wpf

I've been playing with customizing a combobox in Visual Studio 2019 preview.
I place a combobox in the xaml with:
<Combobox x:Name="ComboBoxAddNew" Width="200"/>
Then in the Designer, Right-Click on Combobox, Edit Template, Edit Copy.
Choosing "This:Document" UserControl:root.
I'm not seeing the PART_EditableTextBox in the generated code.
Help Please.

All WPF styles and templates can be found in (VisualStudioInstallDir)\DesignTools\SystemThemes\Wpf. For example you can open aero2.normalcolor.xaml and search for ComboBox.

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