Is there a way I can create a dropdown combo box in ASP.NET?

Is there a way I can create a dropdown combo box in ASP.NET?

Is there a way I can create a dropdown combo box in ASP.NET? I have a long list of items and I want to scroll to a specific items based on what a user is typing.

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You can achieve this with a combination of a server control and client-side JavaScript. You can inherit a textbox and add the down arrow next to it programatically (maybe in the Render method), and emit the JavaScript code to show the list of values dynamically using the Page.RegisterXXXScript methods available from within the control.

This was first published in March 2003

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