Why ComboBox hides cursor when DroppedDown is set?

Question

Let\'s create WinForms Application (I have Visual Studio 2008 running on Windows Vista, but it seems that described situation takes place almost everywhere from Win98 to Vis

Answer 1

It's a strange set of circumstances where the combo box is a DropDownList type and you call the DroppedDown method on the combo box from within the code either while it has the focus or not.

The cursor will disappear as though behind the form. If you click the form the cursor comes back but the combo box closes so not a good result.

I can confirm that this code fixes the issue without closing the combo box list.

cbo_VisitorTypes.DroppedDown = true;
Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default;