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TCustomComboBox.SelectItem

Selects the list item with the specified text.

Declaration

Source position: stdctrls.pp line 390

protected function TCustomComboBox.SelectItem(

  const AnItem: string

):Boolean;

Arguments

AnItem

  

The text to find in Items.

Function result

True when a matching item was found and selected.

Description

SelectItem is a Boolean function used to select the list item in the control with the value specified in AnItem. The return value is True when the Items property contains an entry with the value in AnItem.

The value in ItemIndex is updated with the ordinal position in Items for the specified value, or -1 when AnItem does not exist in Items. When the value in ItemIndex is changed, the Click and Select methods are called to refresh the control display and to signal the OnClick and OnSelect event handlers.

See also

TCustomComboBox.Items

  

The list of items displayed in the combo-box control.

TCustomComboBox.ItemIndex

  

The index of the currently selected item, or -1 if none is selected.

TCustomComboBox.Select

  

Signals the OnSelect event handler when ItemIndex is changed.

TCustomComboBox.OnSelect

  

Handler invoked when an item is selected.

TControl.Click

  

Signals OnClick and/or executes the ActionLink when the control has been clicked.

TControl.OnClick

  

Notification handler for mouse clicks.


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