well I'll be... =) --- Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Cassata wrote: > > Ian, > > > > you won't get the type it in functionality from the combobox. you > could > > however, mix the two. place the textinput from Autocomplete over > the > > combobox, and expose the dropdown arrow th the right, or use a > custom > > button to switch between the two controls as the user sees fit. > click > > on the textinput, get Autocomplete functionality. click the drop > arrow, > > get combobox functionality. > Actually I did. I dug into the code and made some wild eyed, lucky > guesses. The component is based on a combo box just with the drop > down > arrow set to a width of zero to make it look like a text control. > Restoring the drop arrow provide the functionality I desired. It > also > has the ability to accept value not on the list The only bit about > this > is that the user needs to use the 'up' arrow on the keyboard to > accept a > new value that is a substring of an existing value. If the user > presses > enter, the first element that matches the typed text is selected if > one > exists. This is a bit unintuitive to me, I would prefer the enter > key > to work as the up key, but I'm not confident enough with my > understanding of the logic to play with this functionality yet. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/message.cfm/messageid:4444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
