Similar fun can be had with listbox controls in VFP. If you use the vertical 
scroll bar with the mouse and then click on an item in the list box, you might 
expect to get the item you clicked on. Instead, you will get the last visible 
item from the original view *before* you started scrolling. This is what Whil 
Hentzen might describe as a user hostile interface. For example, this used to 
bite me all the time with the breakpoint settings list in the debugger. I 
scroll down the list and click the breakpoint expression I want to disable. 
Nice try, dude. The key is to get the keyboard focus inside the listbox before 
you start scrolling. Try explaining that to your end users... :-)

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rk

-----Original Message-----
From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy 
Pearson
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Dropdown Combobox not selecting behavior

Had a customer call in the other day and complain about this.
Selecting something new in the dropdown doesn't always select the item
clicked on.

If you move to the selection and your mouse moves off the dropdown area when
you let go of the mouse button, your click will not select the item.

If you move to the selection and your mouse is still over the dropdown area
when you let go of the mouse button, your click will successfully select the
item.

So, we let our customers know they need to stay within the lines, as they
learned when they were coloring.

Have a good one,
Tracy


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