Overview

A good dropdown control should be able to render more than simple string values. That’s exactly what the Telerik MultiColum Combobox control allows you to do. From powerful databinding to filtering and sorting support, RadMultiColumnCombobox has it all. This flexibility comes packaged with animations and theme support for the ultimate lightweight combobox control.

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Features

• Overview
• Powerful Databinding
• Filtering and Sorting
• Rotating Items on Double-Click
• Keyboard Support
• Animations
• Appearance
• Extensive VS.NET Design-time Support
• Localization and Right-to-Left Language Support

• Overview

  Telerik's multi-column combobox for Windows Forms is a versatile combination of an editing field (RadTextBox) combined with the power of RadComboBox, which uses a RadGridView in its drop-down list. The controls are tightly coupled to work seamlessly together and allow for looking up and selecting data from a multi-column list. The TextBox can be set to accept free-form data input, thus triggering the filtering mode, or can be read-only and forcing the user to select from the entries in the drop-down list.

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• Powerful Databinding

  To make your life easier, we do not set any limits on what data sources you should use. The Telerik multi column combobox uses the RadGridView to display data, which you can bind to whatever data source your application is using. In addition to using the standard WinForms data binding model, you can also bind the control to business objects, nullable objects, XML, web services, and properties of sub-objects, while taking full advantage of all data operations, like sorting and filtering. In addition, you can choose the optimal data mode to manage your data most effectively:

  • Bound mode for codeless and fully automatic data management; 
  • Unbound and mixed modes for displaying static, read-only data, or when you want to have custom interaction  with the data source;
  • Virtual mode to best performance when working with large amounts of data.

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• Filtering and Sorting

  The Telerik WinForms MultiColumnComboBox control supports as-you-type filtering which means that end users are able to initiate fast search among items.
  

   

  
  
  Ascending and descending sorting is also available.

  

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• Rotating Items on Double-Click

  Double-click on the text box in a Telerik MultiColumnComboBox and it will pull up the next item from the list. This timesaving feature allows your users to quickly advance through a list without the need to see all items.
   

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• Keyboard Support

  Telerik MultiColumnCombo for Windows Forms delivers convenience through integrated keyboard support. Once the control gets into focus, you can use the arrow keys to navigate through the items.

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• Animations

  With the introduction of WPF, animations and interactivity are becoming an integrated part of today's UI. RadControls bring you this interactivity with, but with the proven WinForms technology.
  
  Telerik Windows Forms MultiColumnComboBox supports a variety of expand animation styles for a great user experience. You can select among predefined drop down animations and further customize them to fit your scenario.
  

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• Appearance

  Telerik Windows Forms Multi-Column ComboBox is shipped with a rich set of themes that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Outlook, etc. The themes can be easily switched using a single property. 
  
  In addition to the built-in themes, all RadControls for WinForms come with a feature we call Theme Color Blending, which allows for tweaking the color scheme of a theme, without the need to redo the theme from scratch. The updated color scheme is applied to all Telerik WinForms controls that you are using in your application for a fresh new look. Or you can build a new theme from scratch to fit your exact visual demands by using the Visual Style Builder productivity tool.

  Telerik ComboBox is also capable of displaying rich text formatting by using standard HTML tags, such as <i>, <b>, and <u>. This is supported on a framework level.

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• Extensive VS.NET Design-time Support

  Telerik MultiColumnComboBox provides rich design-time support functionality making customizations and configurations very easy. Some of the key capabilities are:

  • Design-time support for declarative data sources;
  • Applying themes in design time and easily switching between them - the Choose Theme command in the Smart tag automatically detects the present themes;
  • Visual Style Builder, Element Hierarchy Editor, and Shape Editor productivity tools for full control over the UI.

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• Localization and Right-to-Left Language Support

  Telerik MultiColumnComboBox provides full support for Right-to-Left languages and localization. See Localization and Right-to-Left Support for the full list of Telerik WinForms controls supporting RTL languages and localization.

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