How can I handle ComboBox selected index changing?

Question

I have a ComboBox that have a list of manufacturers. When a user selects a manufacturer, a grid below is populated with data for the chosen manufacturer. That data can be mo

Answer 1

Here is how we can subclass ComboBox to introduce new SelectedIndexChangingEvent with a possibility to cancel the changing:

    public class ComboBoxEx : ComboBox
{
    public event CancelEventHandler SelectedIndexChanging;

    [Browsable(false)]
    public int LastAcceptedSelectedIndex { get; private set; }

    public ComboBoxEx()
    {
        LastAcceptedSelectedIndex = -1;
    }

    protected void OnSelectedIndexChanging(CancelEventArgs e)
    {
        var selectedIndexChanging = SelectedIndexChanging;
        if (selectedIndexChanging != null)
            selectedIndexChanging(this, e);
    }


    protected override void OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
    {
        if (LastAcceptedSelectedIndex != SelectedIndex)
        {
            var cancelEventArgs = new CancelEventArgs();
            OnSelectedIndexChanging(cancelEventArgs);

            if (!cancelEventArgs.Cancel)
            {
                LastAcceptedSelectedIndex = SelectedIndex;
                base.OnSelectedIndexChanged(e);
            }
            else
                SelectedIndex = LastAcceptedSelectedIndex;
        }
    }

}