StoredItems被OnChange事件监视，每当您更改它们(例如通过从该字符串列表中添加或删除)时，即使当Combolist被删除时，当前的过滤器也将反映出来。

这里的要点是抓住WM_COMMAND消息通知CBN_EDITUPDATE，每当组合编辑文本更改但尚未呈现时，该消息通知正在发送。当它到达时，您只需搜索StoredItems列表中您在组合编辑中键入的内容，并使用匹配填充Items属性。

使用ContainsText进行文本搜索，因此搜索不区分大小写。忘了提及，AutoComplete功能必须关闭，因为它有自己的，不欢迎的逻辑为此目的。

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows,Messages,SysUtils,Variants,Classes,Graphics,Controls,Forms,Dialogs,StdCtrls,StrUtils,ExtCtrls;

type
  TComboBox = class(StdCtrls.TComboBox)
  private
    FStoredItems: TStringList;
    procedure FilterItems;
    procedure StoredItemsChange(Sender: TObject);
    procedure SetStoredItems(const Value: TStringList);
    procedure CNCommand(var AMessage: TWMCommand); message CN_COMMAND;
  public
    constructor Create(AOwner: TComponent); override;
    destructor Destroy; override;
    property StoredItems: TStringList read FStoredItems write SetStoredItems;
  end;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    ComboBox1: TComboBox;
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

constructor TComboBox.Create(AOwner: TComponent);
begin
  inherited;
  AutoComplete := False;
  FStoredItems := TStringList.Create;
  FStoredItems.OnChange := StoredItemsChange;
end;

destructor TComboBox.Destroy;
begin
  FStoredItems.Free;
  inherited;
end;

procedure TComboBox.CNCommand(var AMessage: TWMCommand);
begin
  // we have to process everything from our ancestor
  inherited;
  // if we received the CBN_EDITUPDATE notification
  if AMessage.NotifyCode = CBN_EDITUPDATE then
    // fill the items with the matches
    FilterItems;
end;

procedure TComboBox.FilterItems;
var
  I: Integer;
  Selection: TSelection;
begin
  // store the current combo edit selection
  SendMessage(Handle,CB_GETEDITSEL,WPARAM(@Selection.StartPos),LPARAM(@Selection.EndPos));
  // begin with the items update
  Items.BeginUpdate;
  try
    // if the combo edit is not empty,then clear the items
    // and search through the FStoredItems
    if Text <> '' then
    begin
      // clear all items
      Items.Clear;
      // iterate through all of them
      for I := 0 to FStoredItems.Count - 1 do
        // check if the current one contains the text in edit
        if ContainsText(FStoredItems[I],Text) then
          // and if so,then add it to the items
          Items.Add(FStoredItems[I]);
    end
    // else the combo edit is empty
    else
      // so then we'll use all what we have in the FStoredItems
      Items.Assign(FStoredItems)
  finally
    // finish the items update
    Items.EndUpdate;
  end;
  // and restore the last combo edit selection
  SendMessage(Handle,CB_SETEDITSEL,MakeLParam(Selection.StartPos,Selection.EndPos));
end;

procedure TComboBox.StoredItemsChange(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if Assigned(FStoredItems) then
    FilterItems;
end;

procedure TComboBox.SetStoredItems(const Value: TStringList);
begin
  if Assigned(FStoredItems) then
    FStoredItems.Assign(Value)
  else
    FStoredItems := Value;
end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
  ComboBox: TComboBox;
begin
  // here's one combo created dynamically
  ComboBox := TComboBox.Create(Self);
  ComboBox.Parent := Self;
  ComboBox.Left := 10;
  ComboBox.Top := 10;
  ComboBox.Text := 'Br';

  // here's how to fill the StoredItems
  ComboBox.StoredItems.BeginUpdate;
  try
    ComboBox.StoredItems.Add('Mr John Brown');
    ComboBox.StoredItems.Add('Mrs Amanda Brown');
    ComboBox.StoredItems.Add('Mr Brian Jones');
    ComboBox.StoredItems.Add('Mrs Samantha Smith');
  finally
    ComboBox.StoredItems.EndUpdate;
  end;

  // and here's how to assign the Items of the combo Box from the form 
  // to the StoredItems; note that if you'll use this,you have to do
  // it before you type something into the combo's edit,because typing 
  // may filter the Items,so they would get modified
  ComboBox1.StoredItems.Assign(ComboBox1.Items);
end;    

end.