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• Alex

  Posted on Jan 12, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello,
  
  I am trying to find out if there is a way to make an autocomplete list to be wider by default. There is a property DropDownMinSize that allows changing the minimum size for the full drop down list, but the one that pops up as user start typing with AutoComplete mode set to SuggestAppend is always sized to the width of the control. How do I make it match the size of a full drop down list?
  
  Thanks.

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• Peter Peter

  Posted on Jan 14, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Alex,

  Thank you for the question.
  
  You can set the size of the auto suggest popup using the following code:

  radDropDownList1.DropDownListElement.AutoCompleteSuggest.DropDownList.DropDownMinSize = new Size(300, 300)

  
  The code snippet below demonstrates how to set the size of the main popup:
  

  radDropDownList1.DropDownListElement.DropDownMinSize = new Size(200,200)

  
  I hope this helps

   

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  Peter
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• Bruno

  Posted on Mar 17, 2011 (permalink)

  Is there a way to keep the appearance of the AutoCompleteSuggest:DropDownList equal to the main DropDownList?

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• Peter Peter

  Posted on Mar 17, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Bruno,

  Thank you for writing back.
  
  The drop-down popup that contains the items and the autocomplete drop-down popup are different objects and when you set a property to the first popup, this setting is not applied automatically to the second one. So, if you want to change the SizingMode of the autocomplete popup, you should apply this setting to the DropDownList of the AutoCompleteSuggest object:

  radDropDownList1.DropDownListElement.AutoCompleteSuggest.DropDownList.DropDownSizingMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.SizingMode.None;

  
  This will prevent the users from resizing the AutoCompleteSuggest popup.
  
  We would kindly ask you to use just one support channel to ask one specific question. Posting the same questions more than once may slow down our response time, because we need to review and address two or more tickets instead of one. Thank you for your understanding.
  
  Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

   

  All the best,
  Peter
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• Rowen

  Posted on Apr 21, 2012 (permalink)

  Can I suggest that the autocomplete list should automatically be the same size as the dropdown list - this makes sense since it will always be the same data, so current behaviour seems like a bug really.

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• Peter Peter

  Posted on Apr 23, 2012 (permalink)

  Hi Rowen,
  
  Thank you for writing.
  
  This is the expected behavior from RadDropDownList. As you see in this thread, you can easy access and re-size both popups:

  radDropDownList1.DropDownListElement.AutoCompleteSuggest.DropDownList.DropDownMinSize = new Size(400, 200);

  radDropDownList1.DropDownMinSize = new Size(400, 200);

  
   Let me know if this solution is applicable for you.
  
  Greetings,
  Peter
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