how to put the text in the center in combobox in vb

Question

Is thre any property the centeralize the text in combobox in the center?

I know that in text box there is propert alignment,

text.textalign

 but in combobox I don't find any property who do that?

thanks!!!

Answer 1

You can't. See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=456747&SiteID=1

 

Answer 2

Add a new class to your project, then paste this code:

Public Class CenteredComboBox
  Inherits ComboBox
  Sub New()
    Me.DrawMode = Windows.Forms.DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed
    Me.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
  End Sub

  Private Sub CenteredComboBox_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles Me.DrawItem
    e.DrawBackground()
    Dim txt As String = ""
    If e.Index >= 0 Then txt = Me.Items(e.Index).ToString
    TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, txt, e.Font, e.Bounds, e.ForeColor, TextFormatFlags.HorizontalCenter)
    e.DrawFocusRectangle()
  End Sub
End Class

Build your project.  Now you can put CenteredComboBox controls on your form.  Please note that the text box portion of the control is only centered when you use the DropDownList style.

Answer 3

 

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