telerik winforms equivalent of combobox dropdownstyle=simple - winforms

Question

When using telerik winforms dropdownlist, the dropdownstyle have only 2 options, ie, dropdown and dropdownlist. But in visualstudio combobox has one more style option, ie, dropdownstlye="simple".
How can we achieve the "simple" style option in telerik winforms dropdownlist.
Please advice.
Thanks
Jim

Answer 1

There is no such functionality available out of the box, however, using RadTextBox and RadListControl you can easily achieve it. Just align them properly one beneath the other on the form and use the following events:
RadListControl.SelectedIndexChanged - use to set the text of the text box, when item in the control is selected
RadTextBox.KeyDown - when enter is pressed, find an item with the entered text and if such exists, select it
RadTextBox.TextChanged - clear the selected item in the list control
Here is also a snippet.
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
AddTextBox();
AddListControl();
radListControl1.SelectedIndexChanged += radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged;
radTextBox1.KeyDown += radTextBox1_KeyDown;
radTextBox1.TextChanged += radTextBox1_TextChanged;
}
void radTextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
radListControl1.SelectedItem = null;
}
void radTextBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyData == Keys.Enter)
{
radListControl1.SelectedItem = radListControl1.FindItemExact(radTextBox1.Text, false);
}
}
void radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Position > -1)
{
radTextBox1.Text = radListControl1.Items[e.Position].Text;
}
}