ComboBox like a button?

Question

I have seen comboBoxes that looks like buttons with a small arrow to the right at the bottom, indicating that it's a drow down menu with several options. How is this done? Is there something I can change in the properties of the comboBox? Thanks!

EDIT: I'm using Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2010

For WinForms there is nothing out of the box. You could find this kind of control in controls suite offered by Infragistics, DevExpress, Telerik and probably others. (For example Infragistics has a control kind name UltraDropDownButton) — Steve, Apr 16 '12 at 09:33

Aamir · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-16T09:51:02.817

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This is called SplitButton and in .NET you have this available for toolbars but not for use in normal WinForms.

However, there are some alternatives such as:

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answered Apr 16 '12 at 09:45

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Thanks for the info! Now I know more about it and it looks very complicated – 3D-kreativ Apr 16 '12 at 10:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 21 '14 at 16:23

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this.comboBox1.DropDownStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
this.comboBox1.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Popup;
this.comboBox1.FormattingEnabled = true;
this.comboBox1.Items.AddRange(new object[] 
{
    "Item 1",
    "Item 2",
    "Item 3",
    "Item 4",
    "Item 5"
});

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answered Apr 16 '12 at 09:45

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 16 '12 at 09:35

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ComboBox.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList try this

answered Apr 16 '12 at 09:35

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '14 at 23:31

I know the OP asked about a SplitButton for WinForms, but WinForms is not mentioned in the post's title so people looking for a Split Button to use with other technologies might end up here.

If you are looking for a Split Button in WPF then you can use the SplitButton provided free in the WPF Extended Toolkit.

Here's a little screen shot of how I used it in my WPF app.

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ComboBox like a button?

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