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Requesting User Interface Ideas - Comboboxes
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14/06/2001 04:27:18
 
 
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14/06/2001 04:23:26
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Visual FoxPro
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Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00518694
Message ID:
00519206
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Those darn HTML tags

>How about a seperator line then a < New > option at the bottom of the list? This could then bring up a seperate window.
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>HTH
>
>Will
>
>>We have a fairly large application which includes a ton of comboboxes whose Style property is set to 2 ("Dropdown List"). Now I have a new field for which I think the best user interface is a Style 1 ("Dropdown Combo") combobox. This combobox will have a few "standard" entries, but the user will also be able to type their own entry.
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>>My concern is that our users (many of whom are computer newbies), not used to being able to type in a combobox, might choose one of the "standard" entries rather than typing something more accurate when appropriate. One application I saw used blue "elephant ears" (something like parentheses which were colored in) around the combobox control to differentiate this combobox from others. Another option is a tooltip that says (essentially), "Select an option or type your own!"
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>>Does anyone have any other ideas on how to do this?
>>zahid
Will Jones
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