Yeah, that's fine. It's essentially the same thing I did. My code is a little more efficient, using LastElementEntered and also a little more forgiving, since I am calling GetAncestor to get the proper UIElement. But it's unlikely to ever make any difference in the real world.

Hi Mike,

The code works perfectly. Can you take a look at the code below? It works for me too. Is it doing the right thing?

Dim clickedElement As UIElement = cboVendorName.UIElement.ElementFromPoint(New Point(e.X, e.Y))

If clickedElement IsNot Nothing AndAlso TypeOf clickedElement Is EditorWithTextUIElement Then

If Not cboVendorName.IsDroppedDown Then cboVendorName.ToggleDropdown()

Hi Jason,

Try this:

        private void ultraCombo1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            UltraCombo combo = (UltraCombo)sender;
            UIElement element = combo.UIElement.LastElementEntered;
            UIElement editorWithTextUIElement = element.GetAncestor(typeof(EditorWithTextUIElement));
            if (null != editorWithTextUIElement)
                combo.PerformAction(UltraComboAction.Dropdown);
        }

Hi Mike,

Yes I want to have the same behavior for both cases. If the dropdown is already dropped down and users click on the text portion, the dropdown should stay dropped down.

Thanks,

jason

Hi Jason,

There are two different cases you may need to deal with.

1) The control does not have focus and the user clicks on the text portion (not the dropdown button).

2) The control has focus (and is therefore showing a TextBox control over itself) and the user clicks onto the edit portion (not the dropdown button).

So my question is... do you want the same behavior in both cases?

And in the latter case, what happens if the dropdown is already dropped down? Do you want to close it? Or do nothing?