Another option is to wrap each options to take up several lines. You'll need to keep track of how many lines each option takes, so you can map that back to the correct selection. By using the custom draw routines for the list, you should be able make it appear as though you are selecting multiple lines in the list.
It's a bit of work, but I've taken this approach before. Craig > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben > Combee > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:22 PM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Re: how to handle long pulldown lists... > > > At 04:00 PM 3/26/2004, you wrote: > >Good afternoon all.... > > > >I'm using a popup trigger to display a group of options in a > pulldown. The > >problem I now have is that my group of item in the list > generates a pulldown > >that is longer than the screen. Any suggestions on how to better handle > >this UI control? I don't suppose you can make the pull down > scrollable. Do > >I need to look at a totally different UI control to handle this > large set of > >items? > > The list arrows can work, but I think its bad UI. If you really > have that > many options and this is a UI that will be used frequently, it would be a > good idea to build a custom selector control that's more > navigable than the > standard popup-list. The date or time pickers are good examples of this. > > > -- Ben Combee, senior DTS engineer, PalmSource, Inc. > Read "Combee on Palm OS" at http://palmos.combee.net/ > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
