How to Use MultiSelect Input Control for WinForms, WPF, and UWP
The new MultiSelect input control is like a ComboBox that allows multiple selections in the dropdown list. The selected items are shown as comma-separated text or tags in the editor area. This control is especially uses for cases like selecting To and CC address dropdown in email forms, or using filters on a form to select multiple items from a filtering criteria.
MultiSelect is available in WinForms, WPF and UWP.
C1MultiSelect internally uses C1CheckList & C1TagEditor, and these controls can also be used individually.
Databinding with MultiSelect
MultiSelect supports databinding to ADO.NET data sources and .NET Collections: simply set the MultiSelect controls BindingInfo.DataSource property on WinForms and the ItemsSource on WPF and UWP. Additionally, DisplayMemberPath can be used to set the property that should be used to display in the dropdown.
Use MultiSelect in unbound mode
MultiSelect control can be used in unbound mode, as well. Use the Add method of the Items property of the control to add a new C1CheckListItem; an object can be assigned to C1CheckListItem. Similarly, use the Insert method of Items to insert any item to MultSelect.
Display selected items as tags
Selected items can be shown as tags in the editing area. These tags could be removed by clicking on “x” in the tags. This feature can be enabled or disabled by setting the DisplayMode property of the MultiSelect controls, choose text or tags.
Search for items in the dropdown
Auto-complete is built in to the control, so when a user types one or two letters matching a list item, that string will be scrolled into view and highlighted.
Select all items in the MultiSelect
The control exposes ShowSelectAll Boolean property to display a checkbox to select or deselect all items.
Set the selection mode
The control provides multiple options for selection: users can select multiple items or be restricted to select single item. In addition, users can select multiple items by pressing and holding the CTRL key. The Extended mode supports this option. Use the SelectionMode property to set the mode as Single, Multiple, or Extended.
ComponentOne C1CheckList control
C1MultiSelect internally uses C1CheckList, and this control can also be used separately as checklist of items.
Documentation: WinForms | WPF | UWP
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Prabhakar Mishra