Style Tab, Combo Box Builder

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The Style tab in the Combo Box Builder specifies special effects, drop-down combo, drop-down list, and incremental searching support for the combo box. The other Combo Box Builder tabs are: List Items tab, Layout tab, and Value tab.

When you choose OK, the builder closes, applying all the property settings from every tab to the control.

Tab Options

Three-dimensional

Specifies a left and top edge highlight and a right and lower edge shadow for the combo box.

Plain

Specifies that the combo box is an unshadowed box on the form. Three-dimensional and Plain determine the value of the SpecialEffect property.

Drop-down Combo

Specifies that the combo box will be a drop-down combo, where the user can click the drop-down arrow to see a list of choices or enter a new item directly in the text box. This option corresponds to setting the Style property to 0.

Drop-down List

Specifies that the combo box will be a drop-down list, where the user may select only from the list. This option corresponds to setting the Style property to 2.

Yes, Enable Incremental Searching

Specifies whether the control tries to match an item in the list as the user types each letter. This option corresponds to setting the IncrementalSearch property.

No, Don't Enable Incremental Searching

Disables incremental searching so that each key stroke initiates a search for a beginning character.