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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.
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:
- Display
Selecting the Display drop-down arrow will open the Items Template item that can be customized. Select the Items Template from this list to open the template to be edited.
- End Template Editing
Clicking the End Template Editing item will end Template Editing Mode and return you to the main C1ComboBox Tasks menu.