>>>>>>>>>>>I have a form with combo box. If the user double clicks a list item and it happens to be over another control, the other control gets clicked.
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>>>>>>>>>>>How can this be prevented?
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>>>>>>>>>>By the user. Educate the user by telling that an item is selected by a single click.
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>>>>>>>>>I have found that relying on educating the user is (1) a frustrating and usually fruitless exercise, and (2) a poor substitute for better software operating design.
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>>>>>>>>I fully understand your point. But nevertheless, these double-clicking users will eventually learn that it really is one click too much on that screen. So, the developer can best totally ignore the complaint and reply: "It is by design".
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>>>>>>>Disagree totally.
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>>>>>>Okay. I'm currently here because I have not much in my hands. If that's also your current condition we might start a holy war. :)
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>>>>>No, no war thanks :)
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>>>>Then do not reply with "Disagree totally".
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>>>I also totally disagree with your stance. Its a cop out to say "by design" or not figure out a way to make it work correctly with a double click. I wouldn't buy a piece of software like that.
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>>SET DEBATE ON
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>>First off all, it's Microsoft's design. It is the default behavior of the combobox. A single click is enough. If you do a second click (which isn't the same as a double click) and if there is another object exactly below the cursor, then yes, of course, it will be activated.
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>Yes that's true, but doesn't negate the fact that your design allows for this behavior. Change the design so the next clickable item is not under the combobox. You owe it to your customers to help prevent I-D-10-T errors.
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>End of my posts to you on the subject. You circumvented the real issue with Jos and I will not be dragged into this.

Huh? I circumvented the real issue? This is a ridiculous accusation. At least, I'm not aware of any issue that Jos posted and that I circumvented. Second, it's not my design, I'm not the originator of this thread. Third, somewhere else I wrote that the developer might take care that there is no other object below the dropbox items; so same as you propose; and not what Jos proposed.