WPF MultiColumnComboBox Open DropDown on Focus?

[Leslie]

Hello, Im using a MultiColumnComboBox and I was wondering if there is a way to click anywhere in the combobox and open the dropdown? I tried combobox.OpenDropdown on GotFocus() but it didn't work. Currently it only opens the dropdown if I click in the button or OpenDropDownOnInput, but there is still a big blank space that does nothing if I click.

[Dinko]

Hello Leslie,

To achieve this requirement, you can subscribe to the MouseLeftButtonDown event of the RadMultiColumnComboBox control.

<telerik:RadMultiColumnComboBox x:Name="radMultiColumnComboBox"
                                MouseLeftButtonDown="radMultiColumnComboBox_MouseLeftButtonDown" />

Then in the code behind you can use the OpenDropDown and CloseDropDown methods of RadMultiColumnComboBox .

private void radMultiColumnComboBox_MouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
	if (radMultiColumnComboBox.IsDropDownOpen)
	{
		radMultiColumnComboBox.CloseDropDown();
	}
	else
	{
		radMultiColumnComboBox.OpenDropDown();
	}
}

In addition to this I prepared a sample solution where this logic is implemented.

Regards,
Dinko
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