How to make the ComboBox drop down list resize itself to fit the largest item?

I've got a DataGridView with a ComboBox in it that might contain some pretty large strings. Is there a way to have the drop down list expand itself or at开发者_运维问答 least wordwrap the strings so the user can see the whole string without me having to resize the ComboBox column width?

This is very elegant solution:

private void AdjustWidthComboBox_DropDown(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    ComboBox senderComboBox = (ComboBox)sender;
    int width = senderComboBox.DropDownWidth;
    Graphics g = senderComboBox.CreateGraphics();
    Font font = senderComboBox.Font;
    int vertScrollBarWidth = 
        (senderComboBox.Items.Count>senderComboBox.MaxDropDownItems)
        ?SystemInformation.VerticalScrollBarWidth:0;

    int newWidth;
    foreach (string s in senderComboBox.Items)
    {
        newWidth = (int) g.MeasureString(s, font).Width 
            + vertScrollBarWidth;
        if (width < newWidth )
        {
            width = newWidth;
        }
    }
    senderComboBox.DropDownWidth = width;
}

Adjust combo box drop down list width to longest string width http://www.codeproject.com/KB/combobox/ComboBoxAutoWidth.aspx

Source: Calculating ComboBox DropDownWidth in C#

Here's what I did to solve this, works great...

public class ImprovedComboBox : ComboBox
{
    public ImprovedComboBox()
    {



    }
    public object DataSource
    {
        get { return base.DataSource; }
        set { base.DataSource = value; DetermineDropDownWidth(); }

    }
    public string DisplayMember
    {
        get { return base.DisplayMember; }
        set { base.DisplayMember = value; DetermineDropDownWidth(); }

    }
    public string ValueMember
    {
        get { return base.ValueMember; }
        set { base.ValueMember = value; DetermineDropDownWidth(); }

    }
    private void DetermineDropDownWidth()
    {

        int widestStringInPixels = 0;
        foreach (Object o in Items)
        {
            string toCheck;
            PropertyInfo pinfo;
            Type objectType = o.GetType();
            if (this.DisplayMember.CompareTo("") == 0)
            {
                toCheck = o.ToString();

            }
            else
            {
                pinfo = objectType.GetProperty(this.DisplayMember);
                toCheck = pinfo.GetValue(o, null).ToString();

            }
            if (TextRenderer.MeasureText(toCheck, this.Font).Width > widestStringInPixels)
                widestStringInPixels = TextRenderer.MeasureText(toCheck, this.Font).Width;
        }
        this.DropDownWidth = widestStringInPixels + 15;
    }
}

Not that I know of, although some browsers are smart enough to expand the width of the drop down menu beyond that of the box if it is needed. I know Firefox and Chrome can do it if you're able to control your user base a little.

If you really are desperate how about a flash based combo box posting data back to html?