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combobox textbox not aligning correctly

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MultiColumn ComboBox

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Lily asked on 03 Jul 2020, 03:53 PM

Hi,

I have an issue where I had originally set the combobox textbox alignment to the right with:

// **** Align Drop Down Box Text to Right

revPurgeCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

addPurgeCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

scrapCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

scrapRsnDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

// ************************

And it worked correctly. But then I decided I didn't want the user to be able to input anything, only select from drop down. So I added raddropdownstyle.dropdownlist:

// **** not allow use to type in

scrapCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

scrapRsnDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

revPurgeCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

addPurgeCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

// ************************

The raddropdownstyle.dropdownlist worked, but the alignment isn't working any longer. I tried to put this before and I tried after before it's the same. Am I doing something wrong? Here's what I have now:

// **** not allow use to type in

scrapCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

scrapRsnDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

revPurgeCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

addPurgeCodeDropList.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;

// ************************

// **** Align Drop Down Box Text to Right

revPurgeCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

addPurgeCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

scrapCodeDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

scrapRsnDropList.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextBoxElement.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;

// ************************

2 Answers, 1 is accepted

Accepted

answered on 07 Jul 2020, 11:58 AM

Hello, Lily,

In order to align the text that is shown in the text box area when RadMultiColumnComboBox is in RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList you should set the TextAlignment property of the TextboxContentElement as shown below:

this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DropDownStyle = RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;
this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement.TextboxContentElement.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have other questions.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik

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