Class DropDownListBase

Represent a base class which is used to create a list control like SfComboBox or SfAutocomplete. These controls are used to selected item(s) from the suggestions displayed in drop down.

Inheritance

System.Object

SfView

SfDropdownEntry

DropDownListBase

SfAutocomplete

SfComboBox

Implements

IDrawableLayout

Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.IDrawable

Microsoft.Maui.IAbsoluteLayout

Microsoft.Maui.ILayout

Microsoft.Maui.IView

Microsoft.Maui.IElement

Microsoft.Maui.ITransform

Microsoft.Maui.IContainer

System.Collections.Generic.IList<Microsoft.Maui.IView>

System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<Microsoft.Maui.IView>

System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Microsoft.Maui.IView>

System.Collections.IEnumerable

Microsoft.Maui.ISafeAreaView

Microsoft.Maui.IPadding

Microsoft.Maui.ICrossPlatformLayout

Microsoft.Maui.IVisualTreeElement

Inherited Members

SfDropdownEntry.ArrangeContent(Rect)

SfDropdownEntry.ClearButtonIconColor

SfDropdownEntry.ClearButtonIconColorProperty

SfDropdownEntry.ClearButtonPath

SfDropdownEntry.ClearButtonPathProperty

SfDropdownEntry.CursorPosition

SfDropdownEntry.CursorPositionProperty

SfDropdownEntry.DropDownClosing

SfDropdownEntry.DropdownOpened

SfDropdownEntry.DropdownOpening

SfDropdownEntry.Focus()

SfDropdownEntry.FontAttributes

SfDropdownEntry.FontAttributesProperty

SfDropdownEntry.FontAutoScalingEnabled

SfDropdownEntry.FontAutoScalingEnabledProperty

SfDropdownEntry.FontFamily

SfDropdownEntry.FontFamilyProperty

SfDropdownEntry.FontSize

SfDropdownEntry.FontSizeProperty

SfDropdownEntry.IsClearButtonVisible

SfDropdownEntry.IsClearButtonVisibleProperty

SfDropdownEntry.IsDropDownOpen

SfDropdownEntry.IsDropDownOpenProperty

SfDropdownEntry.MaxDropDownHeight

SfDropdownEntry.MaxDropDownHeightProperty

SfDropdownEntry.MeasureContent(Double, Double)

SfDropdownEntry.OnDraw(ICanvas, RectF)

SfDropdownEntry.OnDropdownOpening()

SfDropdownEntry.OnFontChanged(Font, Font)

SfDropdownEntry.Placeholder

SfDropdownEntry.PlaceholderColor

SfDropdownEntry.PlaceholderColorProperty

SfDropdownEntry.PlaceholderProperty

SfDropdownEntry.Stroke

SfDropdownEntry.StrokeProperty

SfDropdownEntry.TextColor

SfDropdownEntry.TextColorProperty

SfDropdownEntry.Unfocus()

SfView.ArrangeOverride(Rect)

SfView.Children

SfView.ClipToBounds

SfView.GetSemanticsNodesCore(Double, Double)

SfView.IDrawableLayout.DrawingOrder

SfView.IDrawableLayout.InvalidateDrawable()

SfView.MeasureOverride(Double, Double)

SfView.OnBindingContextChanged()

SfView.Padding

Namespace: Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs.DropDownControls

Assembly: Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs.dll

Syntax

public abstract class DropDownListBase : SfDropdownEntry, IDrawableLayout, IDrawable, IAbsoluteLayout, ILayout, IView, IElement, ITransform, IContainer, IList<IView>, ICollection<IView>, IEnumerable<IView>, IEnumerable, ISafeAreaView, IPadding, ICrossPlatformLayout, IVisualTreeElement, ISemanticsProvider, ITouchListener, ITextElement, IKeyboardListener

Constructors

DropDownListBase()

Initializes a new instance of the DropDownListBase class.

Declaration

public DropDownListBase()

Fields

DelimiterTextProperty

Identifies DelimiterText bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DelimiterTextProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DelimiterText bindable property.

DisplayMemberPathProperty

Identifies DisplayMemberPath bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DisplayMemberPathProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DisplayMemberPath bindable property.

DropDownBackgroundProperty

Identifies DropDownBackground bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownBackgroundProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownBackground bindable property.

DropdownFooterViewHeightProperty

Identifies DropdownFooterViewHeight bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropdownFooterViewHeightProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

DropdownFooterViewProperty

Identifies DropdownFooterView bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropdownFooterViewProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

DropdownHeaderViewHeightProperty

Identifies DropdownHeaderViewHeight bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropdownHeaderViewHeightProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

DropdownHeaderViewProperty

Identifies DropdownHeaderView bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropdownHeaderViewProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

DropDownItemFontAttributesProperty

Identifies DropDownItemFontAttributes bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownItemFontAttributesProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownItemFontAttributes bindable property.

DropDownItemFontFamilyProperty

Identifies DropDownItemFontFamily bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownItemFontFamilyProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownItemFontFamily bindable property.

DropDownItemFontSizeProperty

Identifies DropDownItemFontSize bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownItemFontSizeProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownItemFontSize bindable property.

DropDownItemHeightProperty

Identifies DropDownItemHeight bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownItemHeightProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownItemHeight bindable property.

DropDownItemTextColorProperty

Identifies DropDownItemTextColor bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownItemTextColorProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownItemTextColor bindable property.

DropDownPlacementProperty

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the position of the drop-down.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownPlacementProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

DropDownStrokeProperty

Identifies DropDownStroke bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownStrokeProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownStroke bindable property.

DropDownStrokeThicknessProperty

Identifies DropDownStrokeThickness bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropDownStrokeThicknessProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the DropDownStrokeThickness bindable property.

DropdownWidthProperty

Identifies DropdownWidth bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty DropdownWidthProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

HighlightedTextColorProperty

Identifies HighlightedTextColor bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty HighlightedTextColorProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the HighlightedTextColor bindable property.

HighlightedTextFontAttributesProperty

Gets or sets the value that can be used to set the font attributes of the MatchingText in the drop-down. Identifies HighlightedTextFontAttributes bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty HighlightedTextFontAttributesProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the HighlightedTextFontAttributes bindable property.

ItemPaddingProperty

Identifies the ItemPadding bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ItemPaddingProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

ItemsSourceProperty

Identifies ItemsSource bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ItemsSourceProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the ItemsSource bindable property.

ItemTemplateProperty

Identifies ItemTemplate bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ItemTemplateProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the ItemTemplate bindable property.

LoadMoreTemplateProperty

Identifies the LoadMoreTemplate bindable property. This property can be used to change the LoadMoreTemplate.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty LoadMoreTemplateProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

LoadMoreTextProperty

Identifies the LoadMoreText bindable property. This property can be used to change text of the LoadMore button.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty LoadMoreTextProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

MaximumSuggestionProperty

Identifies the MaximumSuggestion bindable property. This property indicates the minimum number of characters to be typed for the drop-down to open.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty MaximumSuggestionProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

MinimumPrefixCharactersProperty

Identifies MinimumPrefixCharacters bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty MinimumPrefixCharactersProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the MinimumPrefixCharacters bindable property.

NoResultsFoundTemplateProperty

Identifies NoResultsFoundTemplate bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty NoResultsFoundTemplateProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

NoResultsFoundTextProperty

Identifies NoResultsFoundText bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty NoResultsFoundTextProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the NoResultsFoundText bindable property.

ReturnCommandParameterProperty

Identifies the ReturnCommandParameter bindable property. ReturnCommandParameter is a type of object and it specifies the parameter for the ReturnCommand.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ReturnCommandParameterProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the ReturnCommandParameter bindable property.

ReturnCommandProperty

Identifies the ReturnCommand bindable property.The return command will trigger whenever the return key is pressed. The default value is null.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ReturnCommandProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the ReturnCommand bindable property.

ReturnTypeProperty

Identifies the ReturnType bindable property. This property can be used to change the ReturnType.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ReturnTypeProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

SelectedDropDownItemBackgroundProperty

Identifies SelectedDropDownItemBackground bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectedDropDownItemBackgroundProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectedDropDownItemBackground bindable property.

SelectedItemProperty

Identifies SelectedItem bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectedItemProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectedItem bindable property.

SelectedItemsProperty

Identifies SelectedItems bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectedItemsProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectedItems bindable property.

SelectedValuePathProperty

Identifies SelectedValuePath bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectedValuePathProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectedValuePath bindable property.

SelectedValueProperty

Identifies SelectedValue bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectedValueProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectedValue bindable property.

SelectionTextHighlightColorProperty

Identifies SelectionTextHighlightColor bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty SelectionTextHighlightColorProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the SelectionTextHighlightColor bindable property.

ShowDropdownFooterViewProperty

Identifies ShowDropdownFooterView bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ShowDropdownFooterViewProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

ShowDropdownHeaderViewProperty

Identifies ShowDropdownHeaderView bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ShowDropdownHeaderViewProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

ShowSuggestionsOnFocusProperty

Identifies ShowSuggestionsOnFocus bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty ShowSuggestionsOnFocusProperty

Field Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty

TextHighlightModeProperty

Identifies TextHighlightMode bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty TextHighlightModeProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the TextHighlightMode bindable property.

TextMemberPathProperty

Identifies TextMemberPath bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty TextMemberPathProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the TextMemberPath bindable property.

TextProperty

Identifies Text bindable property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty TextProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the Text bindable property.

TokenItemStyleProperty

Identifies TokenItemStyle dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly BindableProperty TokenItemStyleProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.BindableProperty	The identifier for the TokenItemStyle dependency property.

Properties

DelimiterText

Gets or sets a string as delimiter which is displayed between the selected items in multiple selection mode.

Declaration

public string DelimiterText { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

DisplayMemberPath

Gets or sets the name or path of the property that is displayed for each data item in the drop down.

Declaration

public string DisplayMemberPath { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is string.Empty.

Remarks

In non-editable mode, search will be performed using DisplayMemberPath when the popup is opened. If TextMemberPath is null or string.Empty, then searching and displaying the selected value in selection box area will be based on DisplayMemberPath. If both TextMemberPath and DisplayMemberPath properties are null or string.Empty, then searching and displaying the selected value will be based on value received from object.ToString.

DropDownBackground

Gets or sets the background color that is used to display in the drop down.

Declaration

public Brush DropDownBackground { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Brush	The default value is null.

DropdownFooterView

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the footer of the drop-down.

Declaration

public View DropdownFooterView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.View	The default value is null.

DropdownFooterViewHeight

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the height of the drop-down footer view.

Declaration

public double DropdownFooterViewHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	It accepts double value, and the default value is 30.

DropdownHeaderView

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the header of the drop-down.

Declaration

public View DropdownHeaderView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.View	The default value is null.

DropdownHeaderViewHeight

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the height of the drop-down header view.

Declaration

public double DropdownHeaderViewHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	It accepts double value, and the default value is 30.

DropDownItemFontAttributes

Gets or sets the font attributes that is used to display in the drop down text.

Declaration

public FontAttributes DropDownItemFontAttributes { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.FontAttributes	The default value is FontAttributes.None.

DropDownItemFontFamily

Gets or sets the font family that is used to display in the drop down text.

Declaration

public string DropDownItemFontFamily { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is null.

DropDownItemFontSize

Gets or sets the font size that is used to display in the drop down text.

Declaration

public double DropDownItemFontSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The default value is 14d.

DropDownItemHeight

Gets or sets the item height that is used to display in the drop down item.

Declaration

public double DropDownItemHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The default value is if Windows or Maccatalyst 36 else 48.

DropDownItemTextColor

Gets or sets the text color that is used to display in the drop down text.

Declaration

public Color DropDownItemTextColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Color	The default value is Colors.Black.

DropDownPlacement

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the position of the drop-down.

Declaration

public DropDownPlacement DropDownPlacement { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DropDownPlacement	It accepts DropDownPlacement value, and the default value is Bottom.

DropDownStroke

Gets or sets the stroke color that is used to display in the drop down view.

Declaration

public Brush DropDownStroke { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Brush	The default value is Color.FromRgb(220, 220, 220) .

DropDownStrokeThickness

Gets or sets the stroke thickness that is used to display in the drop down view.

Declaration

public Thickness DropDownStrokeThickness { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Thickness	The default value is if Windows or Maccatalyst new Thickness(1) else new Thickneess(0) .

DropdownWidth

Gets or sets the value that can be used to customize the width of the drop-down.

Declaration

public double DropdownWidth { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Double

HighlightedTextColor

Gets or sets the value that can change the highlighted character's text color. 

Declaration

public Color HighlightedTextColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Color	It accepts Color value, and the default value is Blue.

HighlightedTextFontAttributes

Gets or sets the value that can be used to set the font attributes of the MatchingText in the drop-down. 

Declaration

public FontAttributes HighlightedTextFontAttributes { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.FontAttributes	It accepts FontAttributes value, and the default value is None.

ItemPadding

Gets or sets a value that can be used to change padding between items in SfComboBox.

Declaration

public Thickness ItemPadding { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Thickness	The default value is (10,0,0,0).

ItemsSource

Gets or sets an object source used to generate the content of the control.

Declaration

public object ItemsSource { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	The default value is null.

ItemTemplate

Gets or sets the data template for dropdown item in dropdown view.

Declaration

public DataTemplate ItemTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DataTemplate	The default value is null.

LoadMoreTemplate

Gets or sets the value of LoadMoreTemplate. This property can be used to set the LoadMoreTemplate.

Declaration

public DataTemplate LoadMoreTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DataTemplate

LoadMoreText

Gets or sets the vaule of LoadMoreText. This property can be used to set the text of LoadMore button.

Declaration

public string LoadMoreText { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

MaximumSuggestion

Gets or sets the vaule of MaximumSuggestion. This property sets the initial and dynamically loading items count in LoadMore.

Declaration

public int MaximumSuggestion { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

MinimumPrefixCharacters

Gets or sets the value of MinimumPrefixCharacters. It determines minimum number of characters to be typed for the drop-down to open.

Declaration

public int MinimumPrefixCharacters { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

NoResultsFoundTemplate

Gets or sets the DataTemplate used to display in the dropdown when no results are found in the search.

Declaration

public DataTemplate NoResultsFoundTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.DataTemplate	The default value is null.

NoResultsFoundText

Gets or sets the text to display when no results are found.

Declaration

public string NoResultsFoundText { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is No Results Found.

ReturnCommand

Gets or sets the Returncommand to run when the user presses the return key, either physically or on the on-screen keyboard.

Declaration

public ICommand ReturnCommand { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Input.ICommand	Specifies the Returncommand. The default value is null.

ReturnCommandParameter

Gets or sets the parameter object for the ReturnCommand that can be used to provide extra information.

Declaration

public object ReturnCommandParameter { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	Specifies the ReturncommandParameter. The default value in null

ReturnType

Gets or sets the value of ReturnType. This property can be used to set the ReturnType.

Declaration

public ReturnType ReturnType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
Microsoft.Maui.ReturnType

SelectedDropDownItemBackground

Gets or sets the selection background color that is used to display in the drop down item selected background.

Declaration

public Brush SelectedDropDownItemBackground { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Brush	The default value is null .

SelectedItem

Gets or sets the selected item.

Declaration

public object SelectedItem { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	The default value is null.

Remarks

Editor will show PlaceHolderText when no item is selected.

SelectedItems

Gets or sets selected Items

Declaration

public IList SelectedItems { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.IList	The default value is null.

SelectedValue

Gets the value of the SelectedItem obtained using SelectedValuePath.

Declaration

public object SelectedValue { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	The default value is null.

Remarks

The value of the selected item.

SelectedValuePath

Gets or sets the property path that is used to get the SelectedValue property of the SelectedItem property.

Declaration

public string SelectedValuePath { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is string.Empty.

Remarks

If SelectedValuePath is null, SelectedValue will be received from object.ToString.

SelectionTextHighlightColor

Gets or sets the selection color that is used to display in the input view text background.

Declaration

public Color SelectionTextHighlightColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Color	The default value is if Windows Color.FromRgba("#0078d7") else if Android Color.FromRgba("#AA9DD6") else Color.FromRgba("#aed5fa") .

ShowDropdownFooterView

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the drop-down footer view is shown or not.

Declaration

public bool ShowDropdownFooterView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	It accepts boolean value and the default value is false.

ShowDropdownHeaderView

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the drop-down header view is shown or not.

Declaration

public bool ShowDropdownHeaderView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	It accepts boolean value and the default value is false.

ShowSuggestionsOnFocus

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the complete suggestion list should be displayed when an empty input field is focused.

Declaration

public bool ShowSuggestionsOnFocus { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	It accepts boolean value and the default value is false.

Text

Gets the text that is used to display in the text box portion of the control.

Declaration

public string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is string.Empty.

Remarks

This property does not have effect in non-editable mode.

TextHighlightMode

Gets or sets the value that can be used to highlight whether the first character or all the same characters in the text.  

Declaration

public OccurrenceMode TextHighlightMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
OccurrenceMode	It accepts OccurrenceMode  value, and the default value is None.

TextMemberPath

Gets or sets the property path that is used to display the selected value in the text box portion or non-editable display area.

Declaration

public string TextMemberPath { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The default value is string.Empty.

Remarks

In editable mode, search will be performed using TextMemberPath. In non-editable mode, search will be performed using TextMemberPath when the popup is not opened. In non-editable mode, search will be performed using DisplayMemberPath when the popup is opened. If TextMemberPath is null or string.Empty, then searching and displaying the selected value in selection box area will be based on DisplayMemberPath. If both TextMemberPath and DisplayMemberPath properties are null or string.Empty, then searching and displaying the selected value will be based on value received from object.ToString.

TokenItemStyle

Gets or sets the Style that is used to display the token items.

Declaration

public Style TokenItemStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Style	The default value is null.

Remarks

It applicable for multi-selection token mode only.

Methods

Clear()

Clear all the values in SelectedItem and InputView.Text

Declaration

public void Clear()

Finalize()

Destructor of the DropDownListBase class.

Declaration

protected override void Finalize()

Overrides

SfDropdownEntry.Finalize()

OnHandlerChanged()

Handler changed method.

Declaration

protected override void OnHandlerChanged()

Overrides

SfDropdownEntry.OnHandlerChanged()

OnPropertyChanged(String)

PropertyChanged method.

Declaration

protected override void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	propertyName

Events

Completed

The completed event gets raised when pressing enter key or return key after the text is entered in the input field. It is applicable only for editable modes.

Declaration

public event EventHandler Completed

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler

DropDownClosed

Occurs when the dropdown popup is closed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler DropDownClosed

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler

Focused

Occurs when the control get focused.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<FocusEventArgs> Focused

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler<Microsoft.Maui.Controls.FocusEventArgs>

LoadMoreButtonTapped

Occurs when the LoadMore button is tapped.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<EventArgs> LoadMoreButtonTapped

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler<System.EventArgs>

SelectionChanged

Occurs when the current selection is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<SelectionChangedEventArgs> SelectionChanged

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler<SelectionChangedEventArgs>

Unfocused

Occurs when the control get unfocused.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<FocusEventArgs> Unfocused

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler<Microsoft.Maui.Controls.FocusEventArgs>

Implements

IDrawableLayout

Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.IDrawable

Microsoft.Maui.IAbsoluteLayout

Microsoft.Maui.ILayout

Microsoft.Maui.IView

Microsoft.Maui.IElement

Microsoft.Maui.ITransform

Microsoft.Maui.IContainer

System.Collections.Generic.IList<>

System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<>

System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<>

System.Collections.IEnumerable

Microsoft.Maui.ISafeAreaView

Microsoft.Maui.IPadding

Microsoft.Maui.ICrossPlatformLayout

Microsoft.Maui.IVisualTreeElement