Combobox AutoComplete

Question

We setup our comboboxes with the following properties:

this.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Append;

this.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.ListItems;

this.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;

But we have a problem when our users type slowly.  If they type "K" .... "E" the list jumps to to the K's then up to the E's.  They have to type KE quickly to get to KEVIN.  Is there a way to set a timeout property so that they can type slowly without having the autocomplete jump to the first letter they type?

Thanks,

KMB

Answer 1

Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Answer 2

Yes, we are as well. I was wondering if there's a timeout property that can be set.

Did you find a solution to your issue?

 

Thanks,

JohnB

Answer 3

No, there is no way you can configurate the timeout. The .Net autocomplete implementation is based on IE's IAutoComplete API, which does not expose a timeout option.

You can create the functionality from scratch, though.