You should use combolist if you do not want to edit it

2008/11/5 Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> 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
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