>>Can anybody explain why the valid snippet does not fire in the
>>combobox except when a value is selected from a drop down list.
>>thanks. E
>
>It fires every time you select an item from the list, and right before the control loses focus, whether the current item was in the list, or user entered. What are you confused about?

I have some code in the valid method and only fires if a user selects from the drop down list. So a user can just tab through the field and the valid never
fires or so it seems.