On Jan 30, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Roger Lovelock wrote:

> I guess what I was after was a dListBox that was 'drop down'. The  
> main idea
> was to not use up too much scrren real-estate unless a selection was  
> being
> made - ie I'd really like the drop down to go over the top of other  
> controls
> (just like a dDropdownList). I had thoughts of using a button which  
> when
> clicked would make a dListBox visible over the top of the button  
> (and any
> other controls in the area), and then to make the dListBox invisible  
> again
> once a selection had been made, but there seem to be issues with any  
> other
> controls in the same area of the form going over the top of the  
> dListBox.


        Dabo forms have a 'FloatingPanel' to which you can add your controls  
and show/hide as needed. It's what is used for dDateTextBox in order  
to pop up a calendar when the user requests. Take a look at the code  
in that file and if it isn't clear how to use it, post questions here.


-- Ed Leafe




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