How to stop ComboBox Click event?

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   When typing ahead, I want to suspend the Click (SelectionChanged) event and only fire it when tabbing out of the control.

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jquerijero Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 March 2020 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote jquerijero Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to stop ComboBox Click event? Posted: 29 September 2020 at 2:58pm
	When typing ahead, I want to suspend the Click (SelectionChanged) event and only fire it when tabbing out of the control.

rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 891	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2020 at 5:33pm
	Did you try a simple subclass approach and trap the CBN_SELCHANGE notification by overriding WindowProc, which is virtual? You can decide to ignore the notification or not. One approach would be to subclass the windows control GetClassInfo and RegisterClass. Then in your own window proc (or message map if using MFC), you can ignore the sel changed message using a method to turn it off and on. Once registered you can drop it on a dialog using the custom control in the toolbox or you can use SubClassDlgItem and to swap out the control using code when the dialog is created. Either way, you have to be careful about what to do if the CBN_DROPDOWN message arrives as users can arrow down and enter or just move down and click an item.