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TCustomComboBoxEx class

In unit ComboEx

Implements the base class for an extended/enhanced combo-box.

Declaration

pascal
TCustomComboBoxEx = class(TCustomComboBox)

Inheritance

  1. TCustomComboBoxEx
  2. TCustomComboBox
  3. TWinControl
  4. TControl
  5. TLCLComponent
  6. TComponent
  7. TPersistent
  8. TObject

Descends from it: TComboBoxEx

Description

TCustomComboBoxEx is a TCustomComboBox descendant which implements the base class for TComboBoxEx.

TCustomComboBoxEx provides an extended combo-box with added features and capabilities like auto completion, additional display styles, more editing options, and a list with Images used in the control. Another key feature in the class is an extended Items property which provides normal, selected, and overlay image indexes and allows indentation between the image and caption for items in the combo-box. A pointer to arbitrary data for Items used in sort operations is also provided.

See also

Properties

AutoCompleteOptionspublicContains settings for auto-complete features enabled in the control.
ImagespublicContains images which can be displayed for items defined in the ItemsEx property.
ImagesWidthpublicSpecifies the width for images displayed in the control.
ItemsExpublicCollection with the extended items defined for the control.
StylepublicSpecifies the control style used for the edit in the combo-box control.
StyleExpublicEnables features or behaviors in the extended combo-box control.

Methods

CMBiDiModeChangedprotectedPerforms actions needed when the BiDiMode setting is changed for the control.
DrawItemprotectedDraws an item on the extended combo-box control.
FontChangedprotectedPerforms actions needed when the font in the control has been changed.
InitializeWndprotectedInitializes the window handle for the control.
NotificationprotectedPerforms actions needed when the specified component is added to or removed from the control.
SetItemHeightprotectedSets the value for the ItemHeight property.
CreatepublicConstructor for the class instance.
DestroypublicDestructor for the class instance.
AddpublicAdds a new item to the extended combo-box control.
AddItempublicAdds the specified item and object instance to the control.
AssignItemsExpublicAssigns the specified values to the ItemsEx property.
ClearpublicClears the contents in the ItemsEx collection.
DeletepublicDeletes the item stored at the specified ordinal position in ItemsEx.
DeleteSelectedpublicDeletes the current item selected in the control.
InsertpublicInserts a new item with the specified values at the given position.

Fields

FNeedMeasureprotectedInternal flag which indicates if the text height needs to be calculated when drawing an item.
FRightToLeftprotectedInternal flag which tracks the BidiMode setting in the control.
FTextHeightprotectedInternal derived text height for an item in the combo-box.

Types and constants

cDefAutoCompOptsprotectedDefault value for the AutoCompleteOptions property.
cDefStyleprotectedDefault value for the Style property.

Inherited

From TCustomComboBox (82)

AddHistoryItem AdjustDropDown ArrowKeysTraverseList AutoComplete AutoCompleteText AutoDropDown AutoSelect AutoSelected AutoSize CanShowEmulatedTextHint Canvas Change CharCase ClearSelection CloseUp CMWantSpecialKey CreateParams DestroyWnd DoAutoAdjustLayout DoAutoCompleteSelect DoEnter DoExit DropDown DropDownCount DroppedDown EmulatedTextHintStatus GetControlClassDefaultSize GetItemCount GetItemHeight GetItemIndex GetItems GetMaxLength GetSelLength GetSelStart GetSelText IntfGetItems ItemHeight ItemIndex Items ItemWidth KeyDown KeyUp KeyUpAfterInterface LMChanged MatchListItem MaxLength MeasureItem MouseUp OnChange OnCloseUp OnDrawItem OnDropDown OnGetItems OnMeasureItem OnSelect ParentColor ReadOnly RealGetText RealSetText Select SelectAll SelectItem SelLength SelStart SelText SetDropDownCount SetDroppedDown SetItemIndex SetItems SetMaxLength SetSelLength SetSelStart SetSelText SetSorted SetStyle ShouldAutoAdjust Sorted TabStop Text TextHint UTF8KeyPress WSRegisterClass

From TWinControl (229)

AddControl AdjustClientRect AlignControls AllAutoSized AutoAdjustLayout AutoSizeDelayed AutoSizeDelayedHandle AutoSizeDelayedReport AutoSizePhases BeginUpdateBounds BorderStyle BorderWidth BoundsLockCount BroadCast Brush BrushCreated CachedClientHeight CachedClientWidth CalculatePreferredSize CanFocus CanSetFocus CanTab ChangeScale ChildClassAllowed ChildHandlesCreated ChildKey ChildSizing ClientRectNeedsInterfaceUpdate CMBorderChanged CMDoubleBufferedChanged CMEnabledChanged CMEnter CMExit CMParentDoubleBufferedChanged CMShowHintChanged CMShowingChanged CMVisibleChanged CNChar CNKeyDown CNKeyUp CNSysKeyDown CNSysKeyUp ContainsControl ControlAtPos ControlCount ControlKeyDown ControlKeyUp Controls ControlsAligned CreateBrush CreateDockManager CreateHandle CreateParented CreateParentedControl CreateSubClass CreateWnd CustomAlignInsertBefore CustomAlignPosition DefaultHandler DefWndProc DesignerDeleting DestroyHandle DialogChar DisableAlign DoAddDockClient DoAdjustClientRectChange DoAlignChildControls DoAllAutoSize DoAutoSize DoChildSizingChange DockClientCount DockClients DockDrop DockManager DockOver DockSite DoConstraintsChange DoDockClientMsg DoDockOver DoDragMsg DoFlipChildren DoFloatMsg DoGetDockCaption DoKeyDownBeforeInterface DoKeyPress DoKeyUpBeforeInterface DoRemainingKeyDown DoRemainingKeyUp DoRemoveDockClient DoSendBoundsToInterface DoSendShowHideToInterface DoSetBounds DoubleBuffered DoUnDock DoUndockClientMsg DoUTF8KeyPress EnableAlign EndUpdateBounds EraseBackground FinalizeWnd FindChildControl FindNextControl FixDesignFontsPPIWithChildren FixupTabList FlipChildren Focused FormEndUpdated GetAdjustedLogicalClientRect GetBorderStyle GetChildren GetChildrenRect GetClientOrigin GetClientRect GetControlIndex GetControlOrigin GetDeviceContext GetDockCaption GetEnumeratorControls GetEnumeratorControlsReverse GetMouseCapture GetParentHandle GetPreferredSizeClientFrame GetSiteInfo GetTabOrderList GetTextLen GetTopParentHandle Handle HandleAllocated HandleNeeded InsertControl IntfGetDropFilesTarget IntfUTF8KeyPress Invalidate InvalidateBoundsRealized InvalidateClientRectCache InvalidatePreferredChildSizes IsClientHeightStored IsClientWidthStored IsControlMouseMsg IsFlipped IsResizing IsSpecialSubControl KeyDownAfterInterface KeyDownBeforeInterface KeyPress KeyUpBeforeInterface Loaded LockRealizeBounds MainWndProc NotifyControls OnAlignInsertBefore OnAlignPosition OnDockDrop OnDockOver OnEnter OnExit OnGetDockCaption OnGetSiteInfo OnKeyDown OnKeyPress OnKeyUp OnUnDock OnUTF8KeyPress PaintControls PaintHandler PaintTo PaintWindow ParentDoubleBuffered ParentFormHandleInitialized ParentHandlesAllocated ParentWindow PerformTab ReAlign RealizeBounds RealizeBoundsRecursive ReloadDockedControl RemoveControl RemoveFocus Repaint ScaleBy ScaleControls ScrollBy ScrollBy_WS SelectFirst SelectNext SendDialogChar SendMoveSizeMessages SetBorderStyle SetBounds SetChildZPosition SetColor SetControlIndex SetDockManager SetFocus SetShape SetTempCursor ShowControl Showing TabOrder UnlockRealizeBounds Update UpdateControlState UpdateDockCaption UpdateShowing UseDockManager VisibleDockClientCount WindowHandle WMChar WMContextMenu WMDestroy WMEnter WMEraseBkgnd WMExit WMKeyDown WMKeyUp WMKillFocus WMMove WMNotify WMPaint WMSetFocus WMShowWindow WMSize WMSysChar WMSysKeyDown WMSysKeyUp WMWindowPosChanged WndProc WriteLayoutDebugReport WSSetText

From TControl (359)

AccessibleDescription AccessibleName AccessibleRole AccessibleValue Action ActionChange ActionLink ActiveDefaultControlChanged AddHandler AddHandlerOnBeforeDestruction AddHandlerOnChangeBounds AddHandlerOnEnabledChanged AddHandlerOnEnabledChanging AddHandlerOnKeyDown AddHandlerOnMouseWheel AddHandlerOnResize AddHandlerOnVisibleChanged AddHandlerOnVisibleChanging AdjustSize Align AnchorAsAlign AnchorClient AnchoredControlCount AnchoredControls AnchorHorizontalCenterTo AnchorParallel Anchors AnchorSame AnchorSide AnchorSideBottom AnchorSideChanged AnchorSideLeft AnchorSideRight AnchorSideTop AnchorToCompanion AnchorToNeighbour AnchorVerticalCenterTo AssignTo AutoSizing AutoSizingAll AutoSizingLockCount BaseBounds BaseParentClientSize BeforeDestruction BeforeDragStart BeginAutoDrag BeginAutoSizing BeginDrag BiDiMode BorderSpacing BoundsChanged BoundsRect BoundsRectForNewParent BringToFront CalculateDockSizes CanAutoSize Caption CaptureChanged CaptureMouseButtons ChangeBounds Changed CheckChildClassAllowed CheckNewParent CheckOnChangeBounds Click ClientHeight ClientOrigin ClientRect ClientToParent ClientToScreen ClientWidth CMChanged CMCursorChanged CMHintShow CMHitTest CMMouseEnter CMMouseLeave CMParentBiDiModeChanged CMParentColorChanged CMParentFontChanged CMParentShowHintChanged CMSysFontChanged CMTextChanged CNPreferredSizeChanged Color ColorIsStored ConstrainedResize Constraints ControlFontClass ControlOrigin ControlState ControlStyle ControlToScreen CreateAccessibleObject CreateControlBorderSpacing CreateFloatingDockSite Cursor DblClick DefineProperties DesktopFont DisableAutoSizing DoBorderSpacingChange DoCallKeyEventHandler DoCallMouseWheelEventHandler DoCallNotifyHandler Dock Docked DockOrientation DockTrackNoTarget DoContextPopup DoDock DoEndDock DoEndDrag DoFixDesignFontPPI DoMouseDown DoMouseUp DoMouseWheel DoMouseWheelDown DoMouseWheelHorz DoMouseWheelLeft DoMouseWheelRight DoMouseWheelUp DoOnChangeBounds DoOnParentHandleDestruction DoOnResize 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Height HeightIsAnchored HelpContext HelpKeyword HelpType Hide Hint HostDockSite InitiateAction InvalidateControl InvalidatePreferredSize IsAParentAligning IsBorderSpacingInnerBorderStored IsCaptionStored IsControl IsControlVisible IsEnabled IsParentColor IsParentFont IsParentOf IsProcessingPaintMsg IsRightToLeft IsVisible Left LMCaptureChanged LoadedAll LRDockWidth ManualDock ManualFloat MouseCapture MouseDown MouseEnter MouseInClient MouseLeave MouseMove OnChangeBounds OnClick OnConstrainedResize OnContextPopup OnDblClick OnDragDrop OnDragOver OnEditingDone OnEndDock OnEndDrag OnMouseDown OnMouseEnter OnMouseLeave OnMouseMove OnMouseUp OnMouseWheel OnMouseWheelDown OnMouseWheelHorz OnMouseWheelLeft OnMouseWheelRight OnMouseWheelUp OnQuadClick OnResize OnShowHint OnStartDock OnStartDrag OnTripleClick Parent ParentBackground ParentBiDiMode ParentDestroyingHandle ParentFont ParentFontChanged ParentShowHint ParentToClient Perform PopupMenu PositionDockRect QuadClick ReadBounds ReadState Refresh RemoveAllHandlersOfObject RemoveHandler RemoveHandlerOnBeforeDestruction RemoveHandlerOnChangeBounds RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanged RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanging RemoveHandlerOnKeyDown RemoveHandlerOnMouseWheel RemoveHandlerOnResize RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanged RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanging ReplaceDockedControl RequestAlign Resize Scale96ToFont Scale96ToForm Scale96ToScreen ScaleConstraints ScaleDesignToForm ScaleFontsPPI ScaleFontTo96 ScaleFontToScreen ScaleFormTo96 ScaleFormToDesign ScaleScreenTo96 ScaleScreenToFont ScreenToClient ScreenToControl SendToBack SessionProperties SetAction SetAlign SetAnchors SetAutoSize SetBiDiMode SetBoundsKeepBase SetCursor SetDragMode SetEnabled SetHint SetInitialBounds SetName SetParent SetParentBackground SetParentBiDiMode SetParentComponent SetTextBuf SetVisible SetZOrder Show ShowHelp ShowHint TBDockHeight TextChanged Top TripleClick UndockHeight UndockWidth UpdateAnchorRules UpdateBaseBounds UpdateMouseCursor UpdateRolesForForm UseRightToLeftAlignment UseRightToLeftReading UseRightToLeftScrollBar Visible VisibleChanged VisibleChanging Width WidthIsAnchored WindowProc WMCancelMode WMLButtonDBLCLK WMLButtonDown WMLButtonQuadCLK WMLButtonTripleCLK WMLButtonUp WMMButtonDBLCLK WMMButtonDown WMMButtonQuadCLK WMMButtonTripleCLK WMMButtonUp WMMouseHWheel WMMouseMove WMMouseWheel WMRButtonDBLCLK WMRButtonDown WMRButtonQuadCLK WMRButtonTripleCLK WMRButtonUp WMXButtonDBLCLK WMXButtonDown WMXButtonQuadCLK WMXButtonTripleCLK WMXButtonUp

From TLCLComponent (6)

DecLCLRefCount GetWSComponentClass IncLCLRefCount LCLRefCount NewInstance WidgetSetClass

From TComponent (64)

_AddRef _Release CanObserve ChangeName ComObject ComponentCount ComponentIndex Components ComponentState ComponentStyle DesignInfo DestroyComponents Destroying ExecuteAction FindComponent FreeNotification FreeOnRelease GetChildOwner GetChildParent GetDeltaStreams GetEnumerator GetIDsOfNames GetNamePath GetObservers GetOwner GetTypeInfo GetTypeInfoCount iicrGetComponent InsertComponent Invoke IsImplementorOf Loading Name ObserverAdded Observers OnGetDeltaStreams Owner PaletteCreated QueryInterface ReadDeltaState ReadDeltaStream ReferenceInterface RemoveComponent RemoveFreeNotification RemoveFreeNotifications SafeCallException SetAncestor SetChildOrder SetDesigning SetDesignInstance SetInline SetSubComponent Tag ToString TToStringNameMode UpdateAction Updated UpdateRegistry Updating ValidateContainer ValidateInsert ValidateRename VCLComObject WriteState

From TPersistent (4)

Assign FPOAttachObserver FPODetachObserver FPONotifyObservers

From TObject (35)

AfterConstruction CheckDisposed ClassInfo ClassName ClassNameIs ClassParent ClassType CleanupInstance DefaultHandlerStr Dispatch DispatchStr Disposed DisposeOf Equals FieldAddress Free FreeInstance GetDisposed GetHashCode GetInterface GetInterfaceByStr GetInterfaceEntry GetInterfaceEntryByStr GetInterfaceTable GetInterfaceWeak GetLastCastErrorInfo InheritsFrom InitInstance InstanceSize MethodAddress MethodName QualifiedClassName StringMessageTable SystemHasExtendedRTTI UnitName

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