On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:20:46 +0200, Arnaud de Montard wrote: > >> Le 20 oct. 2016 à 15:50, Chip Scheide <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >> Arnaud, >> maybe I'm missing something... >> in my experience, combo boxes already have built in typeahead >> why are you adding it? > > maybe _I'm_ missing something, but, at least in v12, typeahead works > only when the list is visible, not before. oh... OK - I get it now, typeahead while the list (popup) is closed. I wasn't thinking of that.
> > >> if they are not paying attention - these are users after >> all ;) - a now incorrect entry has been made. > > Nobody's perfect and the user more than anybody ;-) > If it was a popup, I guess those users will choose "whatever in the list"… I still think at least notification that the system made a choice for the user would be nice. "Dear User, Your typed entry was not found, so I picked 'some other value that was near your entry' for you please verify that this was indeed what you wanted/expected." :) Chip > -- > Arnaud de Montard > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
