c# combo box winform

I have a combobox with the text 'select'. I want to set it so 开发者_Go百科that the user cannot type over that. Currently they are able to. I cannot see any read only option for this though.

Can any body advise.

Thanks.

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Set its DropDownStyle property to ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList.

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.comboboxstyle.aspx

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Try setting DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList

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If you want it for all items then

set the ComboBox's DropDownStyle property to DropDownList.

If you want it for the 'Select' item alone then handle KeyDown of ComboBox PS: I've --Select-- as the first item in ComboBox

 private void comboBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 0)
            {

                e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
            }
        }

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Use DropDownStyle = DropDownList. Hope that helps.

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This works

private void ComboBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Handled = true;
    }