ok... that work's but it doesn't look like what i expected



Maybe there is a way to use a combobox instead of a textbox + button and the click-event which opens the dropdown-list could be used.

I experimented with this idea but it doesn't work because the OnDrawItem is fired more than one time if i click on the dropdown-button.

Code:
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing

Public Class MultiComboBox
    Inherits ComboBox

    Protected Overrides Sub OnDrawItem(ByVal ea As DrawItemEventArgs)

        ' do what i want to do

    end sub
I'm sure that also the small arrow can be changed to (...) but i've no idea how to do this.