System.Windows.Forms 1.0.5000.0 2.0.0.0 4.0.0.0 5.0.0.0 6.0.0.0 7.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 9.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 11.0.0.0 System.Enum

Specifies the style.

property specifies whether the list is always displayed or whether the list is displayed in a drop-down. The property also specifies whether the text portion can be edited. ## Examples The following code example demonstrates how to initialize a control by setting the property to a value. :::code language="cpp" source="~/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxFindString/CPP/form1.cpp" id="Snippet1"::: :::code language="csharp" source="~/snippets/csharp/System.Windows.Forms/ComboBox+ObjectCollection/RemoveAt/form1.cs" id="Snippet1"::: :::code language="vb" source="~/snippets/visualbasic/System.Windows.Forms/ComboBox+ObjectCollection/RemoveAt/form1.vb" id="Snippet1"::: ]]> Field System.Windows.Forms 4.0.0.0 5.0.0.0 6.0.0.0 7.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 9.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 11.0.0.0 System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle 1

Specifies that the list is displayed by clicking the down arrow and that the text portion is editable. This means that the user can enter a new value and is not limited to selecting an existing value in the list. When using this setting, the value of works the same as the value. This is the default style.

Field System.Windows.Forms 4.0.0.0 5.0.0.0 6.0.0.0 7.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 9.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 11.0.0.0 System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle 2

Specifies that the list is displayed by clicking the down arrow and that the text portion is not editable. This means that the user cannot enter a new value. Only values already in the list can be selected. The list displays only if is or .

Field System.Windows.Forms 4.0.0.0 5.0.0.0 6.0.0.0 7.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 9.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 11.0.0.0 System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle 0

Specifies that the list is always visible and that the text portion is editable. This means that the user can enter a new value and is not limited to selecting an existing value in the list.