Changing autocomplete behavior on combobox

[PaschalIT]

Product: Powershell Studio v5.6.163 64 bit
OS: W10 64 bit

Default functionality for a combobox autocomplete is to only register on prefixes, or -StartsWith. What I'm trying to find out is if there's a way to modify how it reads/matches against the combobox's items to where it functions more like -Contains, where the typed string can match anywhere within each item.

For instance, if I have the strings "Control", "Freedom", and "Dominate" in my combobox with autocomplete on and type "dom", the combobox will suggest:
"Dominate"

I would like it to suggest:
"Freedom"
"Dominate"

Is this possible?

[jvierra]

No. The ComboBox only matches based on the string match. Any other method would require you to write custom code to handle keystrokes and decide how to use them in a match.

You can also use an object collection that has a display string and a value. Make the display strings match-able and set the return value to the actual value you want.

[PaschalIT]

Thanks for the reply, jvierra.

I'm already midway through writing my own _KeyPress event, but I just wanted to ask you guys before I got too deeply involved in it. Good to know that my current path is probably the best one.

Cheers

[jvierra]

It shouldn't be too hard to create a custom lookup. Good luck.