THIS.SETFOCUS KEYBOARD '{F4}'in the GotFocus method worked nicely. In VFP9 (no SP at this moment), it drops with the top item in the list seemingly selected. Make a selection and it sticks fine, move away and back to the combo, and it is back to highlighting the top item. Removing the GotFocus code and operating interactively, either F4 or the ALT+DOWN ARROW combination works as I'd expect, meaning my last selection is highlighted, and not the top of the list. FWIW, it works the same in SP2. And removing the THIS.SETFOCUS also breaks it in VFP8.