[windev] Combobox behaviour - using keyboard

[Serge Wautier]

Turn the combo to DropDown to allow users type the number they want. Turn on the combo's editbox ES_NUMBER style.
Better yet: use an edit box! A combo with numbers 1-225 doesn't make sense.

Serge.
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> From: windev-bounces at windev.org [mailto:windev-bounces at windev.org] On
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> Sent: lundi 8 décembre 2008 8:10
> To: windev at windev.org
> Subject: [windev] Combobox behaviour - using keyboard
> 
> Hello
> 
> I wonder if you can offer me advice pleae.  I have a combobox (droplist
> style) which has 225 numbers listed in order.  Some users have
> expressed desire to type the numbers to select them.  With the normal
> control if a user types a number it starts selecting the first item
> with that letter.  But after that it goes abit funny.
> 
> What is the best solution?  Some dynamic droplist that changes as you
> type or making the combo editable and somehow only accepting numeric
> input from 1 to 225)?
> 
> Thanks for advice.
> 
> Andrew
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