What's that little ... thingy?

Darren D

Hi, When you look at the textbox properties of a control there can be a little button with a ... for a caption on it. What is the name of that control and where do I get one? TIA, Darren

Dave Kreskowiak

It's a Button, albeit a small one, and you can find it in the ToolBox.

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MatrixCoder

Like Dave said, it's a button, but the ... is usually used for buttons that open a dialog box (usually Open File Dialogs).

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Darren D

Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply. Is there an example of how to make a usercontrol that has the button built into a textbox? How about a sample project similar to this? Thanks, Darren

Dave Kreskowiak

I don't have any examples of User Controls I can post. I'm a stinkin' contractor. The code I write isn't mine to do with as I please. But, to clarify, the button is NOT part of or inside the TextBox control. It mearly hovers over the top of it. There's not much to making a User Control like this. If the use is small enough, you probably don't even have to make one. Just drop a Button on top of the TextBox and handle the Click event to show a dialog or whatever your want.

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Pete OHanlon

This button is normally called a Browse button.

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Darren D

Thanks Pete! Browse button, I couldn't remember that. When I have a browse button inside a textbox, what is that called? Property browsing textbox is a bit too long. Isn't there some sample/example project somewhere that already does this? Thanks, Darren

S Douglas

Darren D wrote:

Isn't there some sample/example project somewhere that already does this?

Search Code Project for "Browse Button" Or see PJ Arends Article File Searcher Edit Control with Browse Button[^]

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Darren D

Thanks dude! DD

S Douglas

Your welcome. :)

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