Multicolumn Combobox?

Posted by: Phil Weber, VB MVP
This post applies to Visual Basic .NET 2002/2003

I see from our referrer logs that many people are coming here seeking information on multicolumn combo boxes (thanks to Ian's question). Here's the scoop...

No, the .NET Framework does not include a multi-column combobox (alternate spelling to help Googlers find us!), but it does provide everything you need to create one. Here are a couple of shared-source implementations:

https://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Controls/ListBox_and_ComboBox/Icon_ComboBox/article.asp
https://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/multicolumncombo.asp

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 27, 2004
  Can you recommend an asp.net one?

• Anonymous
  April 27, 2004
  Janus has a nice one we are using for Windows Forms

• Anonymous
  May 03, 2004
  Scott: It's not free, but this one looks good: http://www.intersoftpt.com/webcombo2/. Anyone else care to recommend a multicolumn dropdown list for ASP.NET?

• Anonymous
  May 28, 2004
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• Anonymous
  November 27, 2007
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• Anonymous
  June 19, 2008
  PingBack from http://sergio.yourstoriessite.com/comboboxhtmlmulticolumn.html

• Anonymous
  June 19, 2008
  PingBack from http://steve.holdingunits.com/comboboxhtmlmulticolumn.html

• Anonymous
  January 21, 2009
  PingBack from http://www.keyongtech.com/653972-multicolumn-dropdown-combobox