> It does if it’s only a single column. You don’t use a listbox, you use a hierarchical list.
That's what I was remembering! Hlists don't have all of the nice style features of a listbox, but they do have built-in type ahead, thanks. > If it’s more than one column then ditch the listbox and use DisplayList or ALP. Wow, that takes me back. Even 20+ years later people won't use these tools because of that brief insanity at Foresight. Long story short on that "very odd person who knew nothing about 4D was in charge of Foresight briefly. Bummer followed." I primarily use 4D to crunch up stuff and spit it out for other programs to consume, not so much with users sitting in front of 4D screens. So, much of my screen effort is for developer tools - and we're just not worth a huge investment of time ;-) Seriously if you're making a tool for 1-a few people, it's not worth a lot of extra complexity or effort. Thanks for the hlist pointer, that's a decent enough option for my case. On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Guy Algot via 4D_Tech <[email protected] > wrote: > It does if it’s only a single column. You don’t use a listbox, you use a > hierarchical list. > > If it’s more than one column then ditch the listbox and use DisplayList or > ALP. > > > On Jun 27, 2017, at 3:14 AM, David Adams via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I might be remembering this wrong, but I thought that 4D had a built-in > way > > of letting you type ahead to a row in a listbox. I have a one-column > > listbox based on an array and want to select items by type. Like, typing > > 'ca' selects the first item starting with 'ca'. > > > Later, > Guy > > -- > Guy Algot, Solutions Specialist > Edmonton, Alberta > (780) 974-8538 > > hardware, installation, training, support, programming, internet > specializing in 4th Dimension > =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately, > they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." > -- Simon Slavin > > > > ********************************************************************** > 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] **********************************************************************
