combo box doesn't run smoothly

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Hi folks

Using combo's as go-to boxes on various forms. When user clicks drop-down, there is obviosuly a scroll-bar at the side for them to scroll down to the entry they are after

On one form, the list moves smoothly with the mouse. On another two forms, the list doesn't change until the user let's go of the mouse. (sort of jumping)

On the form that works, there is only 1 field in the drop-down. On the other forms, there are more than one field. Is this why the scroll doesn't work smoothly? It's a small issue, but makes a hell of a difference (a LOT quicker) when finding information

Thanks in advance

Piers
 
From my experience I notice this happens when the source for whatever
window, combo box, etc.. hasn't been completely stored in memory. I suspect
that if you waited a few seconds after clicking on the down arrow to give it
time to get all the info, it will go smoothly. You should see a similar
effect on forms and tables with a lot of data. On a form, you can prevent
this by forcing the form to go to the last record then back to the first
record. I'm not sure if you can force the source for a combo box to move to
the last record, but if it can be done, it should prevent this jummping
effect.

Kelvin

Piers said:
Hi folks,

Using combo's as go-to boxes on various forms. When user clicks drop-down,
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there is obviosuly a scroll-bar at the side for them to scroll down to the
entry they are after.
On one form, the list moves smoothly with the mouse. On another two forms,
Click to expand...
the list doesn't change until the user let's go of the mouse. (sort of
jumping).
On the form that works, there is only 1 field in the drop-down. On the
Click to expand...
other forms, there are more than one field. Is this why the scroll doesn't
work smoothly? It's a small issue, but makes a hell of a difference (a LOT
quicker) when finding information.
 
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