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Prevent AutoCompleteBox from selecting first suggestion item by default

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Posted 1 year ago by Thomas
Version: 24.1.2
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I would like to use the AutoCompleteBox as a search field:

  • The user enters text and presses Enter to start a search.
  • Optionally, the user can select an entry from the suggestion list.

This is currently not possible because the AutoCompleteBox always selects the first entry in the suggestion list and therefore a suggestion is always transferred to the text field when Enter is pressed. Therefore the entered search text is always overwritten by the selected suggestion.

Can I prevent the AutoCompleteBox from selecting an entry from the suggestion list by default? It would be useful if you could control the auto-select behavior.

[Modified 1 year ago]

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Answer - Posted 11 months ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Thomas,

We will add an AutoCompleteBox.CanAutoSelectFirstItem property for the next build that you can set to false to prevent this default behavior.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 11 months ago by Thomas
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Thanks! When will it be available?

Posted 11 months ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hello,

We would expect it sometime in July.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v25.1.0) was released 27 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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