WinForms ComboBox SelectedIndexChanged not firing when typing few chars followed by Alt+Down

Question

In short

When I type a character in a ComboBox, press Alt+Down followed by Enter or Tab, the SelectedIndexChanged event doesn\'t fire, even though the S

Answer 1

I ended up deriving my own class from ComboBox:

public class EditableComboBox : ComboBox
{
    protected int backupIndex;
    protected string backupText;

    protected override void OnDropDown(EventArgs e)
    {
        backupIndex = this.SelectedIndex;
        if (backupIndex == -1) backupText = this.Text;
        else backupText = null;
        base.OnDropDown(e);
    }

    protected override void OnSelectionChangeCommitted(EventArgs e)
    {
        backupIndex = -2;
        base.OnSelectionChangeCommitted(e);
    }

    protected override void OnSelectionIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
    {
        backupIndex = -2;
        base.OnSelectionIndexChanged(e);
    }

    protected override void OnDropDownClosed(EventArgs e)
    {
        if (backupIndex > -2 && this.SelectedIndex != backupIndex)
        {
            if (backupIndex > -1)
            {
                this.SelectedIndex = backupIndex;
            }
            else
            {
                string oldText = backupText;
                this.SelectedIndex = -1;
                this.Text = oldText;
                this.SelectAll();
            }
        }
        base.OnDropDownClosed(e);
    }
}