Auto-Drop Down

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Charles Phillips

Hello,
What are the Pros & Cons of automating combo boxes to expand (drop down), in
a form???


Thank you,


Charles L. Phillips
 
Why do you want to?

If you have room on your form and you want the list to be visible, use a
listbox.

Steve
 
I use it regularly as it give the user info on what they need to do next ...
i.e., selection in a certain combo box that requires some other option to be
set ... so I open the combo box for that next option, etc. Bob.
 
Hello,
What are the Pros & Cons of automating combo boxes to expand (drop down), in
a form???

Thank you,

Charles L. Phillips
Click to expand...

Hi,

I found it easier to leave user to drop-down form with F4 or by
clicking on arrow. One cons I see at the moment is that the dropdown
will probably cover fields bellow combo-box which can be irritating
during record editing or just reviewing. If you want to use auto
dropdown rather go to dropdown when the first key is pressed. Pros: on
drop-downs with couple of lines and in new record, well, it might be
OK if your user agree.

Regards,
Branislav Mihaljev
 
Hello,
Let me say "Thank You" to the following people:
SteveM, Dave Hargis (Klatuu), Bob Howard and Banem2@gmail

All of your advice has been instructive, in my design concept of a db form.
The point you ALL pointed to, was how does the User feel...


Thank you,

Charles L. Phillips
 
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