ShellComboBox Properties

Enables the automatic refreshes of the control, e.g. when a file is added or deleted in the current directory.

Get or set the ItemIdList of the currently selected folder, returns null if nothing is selected, may not be explicitly set to null.

DrawMode must always be OwnerDrawFixed for the ShellCombo to work.

If DropDownStyle is DropDown, the shell autocompletion mode is enabled. If it is DropDownList, the shell autocompletion is disabled, ie. no edit field is provided. The default value is DropDown. ComboBoxStyle.Simple is not supported and ignored.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the combobox should adjust the width of the dropdown menu. The default value is true (In contrast to the default ComboBox which does not support this)

If this option is set to true, the ShellCombo will only show items of the filesystem and exclude virtual file items.

Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control and adapts UseSystemFont is set to false.

Gets a value indicating whether the component is initialized.

Gets an object representing the content of the CustomFolderComboBox

If set to true the ShellCombo will not scan the filesystem and fill on startup, this is useful if the path to show is known only on runtime.

Provides access to the TextBox field of the control.

Use this property to get or set the currently selected path the ShellCombo is displaying. The path may be empty if the user selected an object that does not belong to the filesystem (i.e. Network). If you'd like to also handle these virtual file items, consider using the CurrentFolderIdList property instead.

This property controls the availability of the shells autocompletion mode, if set to FileSystem, Url or both, the ComboBox provides a TextField the user can type to. If disabled the default combobox behavior without editing functionality is used. Both, FileSystem and Url can be specified at once and are enabled by default. ShellAutoComplete.Url needs to be used to also provide autocompletion for UNC-Paths.

A ShellBrowser instance that is used to navigate through the files.

Connects this control to a ShellControlConnector component, which allows to synchronize several shell controls.

If set to true, the ShellComboBox includes the first level of content of the Desktop folder.

If set to true, the ShellComboBox includes the Drives installed in the System.

If set to true, the full path of the selected item is shown in the combobox

If set to true, the ShellComboBox includes the files in the first level of the "My Documents" folder.

If set to true, the Nethood is shown in the ShellCombo.

If set to true, the Network is shown in the ShellCombo.

If set to true, the ShellCombo will show the Recycle Bin icon.

Set this property to true if you want the component to utilize the default system font. It is also set to true if the UseSystemStyles property is set.

Use this property to turn on or off the usage of the system specific design, i.e. enable Vista visual styles of the explorer components.

The current version of the ShellBrowser.