ComponentOne ComboBox for ASP.NET Web Forms
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    In Visual Studio, the C1ComboBox control includes a smart tag. A smart tag represents a short-cut tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties in C1ComboBox.

    To access the C1ComboBox Tasks menu, click on the smart tag in the upper-right corner of the C1ComboBox control. This will open the C1CombBox Tasks menu.

    Smart Tag

    The C1ComboBox Tasks menu operates as follows:

    Choose Data Source
    Clicking on the Choose Data Source item opens a drop-down list where you can choose an existing data source or select a new data source to bind to.

    Edit Items
    Clicking the Edit Items link item opens the C1ComboBox editor.

    Edit Columns
    Clicking the Edit Columns link item opens the Columns Designer editor.

    Theme
    The Theme drop-down box allows you to set the Theme property and change the C1ComboBox control's appearance to one of the five predefined themes. By default this is set to the Aristo theme. For more information about available visual styles, see Themes.

    Create new theme
    The Create new theme option opens ThemeRoller for Visual Studio. This allows you to create a customized theme without leaving your development environment. To find more information on using ThemeRoller in you application, see ThemeRoller for Visual Studio.

    Use CDN
    When the Use CDN checkbox is selected it loads the client resources from CDN. This is not selected by default.

    CDN path
    Displays the url path of the CDN.

    Use Bootstrap
    Selecting the Use Bootstrap option applies Bootstrap theming to your control. To find more information on using Bootstrap theming in your application, see Bootstrap theming.

    About
    Clicking on the About item displays a dialog box, which is helpful in finding the version number of ASP.NET Web Forms Edition and online resources.

    Edit Templates
    Clicking on the Edit Templates item switches the C1ComboBox control to Template Editing Mode:

    In Template Editing Mode, the C1Combobox Tasks menu appears with different options: