Thank you for the useful advice, Björn. It is good that when the combodrop is in focus the up and down arrow keys allow change of selected item.
I would like to identify a similar keyboard event, applicable when the combodrop is in focus, that is equivalent to clicking on the combodrop. The main problem I still have not solved is how to identify when text has been typed into the combobox, then focus changed to a different form object. The importance of doing so is (1) a change to the value of the combodrop should result in corresponding processing, and (2) it should be possible to require the contents of the combodrop to be one of the listed items, at least when the combobox is no longer in focus. Is it possible to accomplish this with the current form interface? -- Tracy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
