OK - thanks - I'll try that!
Rodgy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Leafe" <[email protected]>
To: "Dabo Users list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [dabo-users] List Controls
> 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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