Software wise how do I show the list part of the comboboxes

I’m trying to get a handle on combo boxes and software wise I want to show the drop down (list) of the combo box but haven’t been able to do it.

I’ve look at most of the properties but none work.
in affect I want to software wise click on down symbol on the combo box so I can see all the listed options

Any help will be apricated as it will save me a mouse click.
Dave

doubt there is a way to do that… and in my opinion it is never a good idea to attempt having the software direct the actions of controls that users should interact with.

Some people asked the same for PopupMenu recently, isn’t it ?

I am still asking myself why.

Thanks for the information even though it’s not what Ii wanted to hear.

I’m use to a textbox and a list where I can type in a couple of characters in the textbox and the list automatically shows all the matches in the list . I can do the same thing in the combo box but have to remember to drop down the list so I can see the results.
Like selecting an book name from a long list of books.

Thanks for the quick reply
Dave

[quote=468093:@David Howe]Thanks for the information even though it’s not what Ii wanted to hear.

I’m use to a textbox and a list where I can type in a couple of characters in the textbox and the list automatically shows all the matches in the list . I can do the same thing in the combo box but have to remember to drop down the list so I can see the results.
Like selecting an book name from a long list of books.

Thanks for the quick reply
Dave[/quote]
The combo box should do that for you if there are any matches in the list.

[quote=468091:@Emile Schwarz]Some people asked the same for PopupMenu recently, isn’t it ?

I am still asking myself why.[/quote]

Sometimes it is clients who have very keyboard centric users, and want a combobox or popupmenu to open automatically if they tab into a control. In VBA, you did this with the .Dropdown method on the control. I don’t know of a Xojo equivalent.

I had a client in the 90’s which had me detect the F4 key while in a popupmenu or combobox to trigger opening the list. The F4 chosen because it was the keystroke on their IBM midrange green screen system to prompt for values.