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.
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.
[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, isnt 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.