>I dunno; six one way - half dozen the other I guess.

Kevin,

I disagree with you here. A combo is not an action control it is a data control. It shows data values and allows the user to set data values like a textbox. A command button is an action control, it initiates an action. Users expect that a command button will initiate an action, they do not expect that a combo will.

Also, think about the list of items in the combo, they are all related except for one which is the Edit action, all the others are possible values for a field. So with the Edit item in the combo you have a heterogeneous list of items instead of homogenous list which can introduce confusion.

As for the "complexity" of the interface design, well you can simply create your combo class and the command button class and then create a container class that has the combo and the button contained in it.