>although this works, and so does f4, I sometimes have some misbehvior when I use it. Very strange...

David,

did you find a solution to this strange behaviour? I was just searching
the messages for this problem (VFP6 SP3).

Andreas



>sometimes when I open up the list with alt downarrow, I can then navigate the list with the usual navigation keys...uparrow,downarrow,pageup,pagedown,etc.
>
>but sometimes after entering altdownarrow, the list opens up, but as soon as I hit any of the navigation keys, the list immediatly closes. I've experimented around, but cannot determine what gets the combo into this state. When it is, I can still use the mouse to select a list element or run the slider.
>
>Very strange.